Rulers have snatched our dreams
By Ashiq Ali Broghil, the most neglected valley in Hindu Kush Mountains, need government attention The Pamiri Wakhi people live
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Gilgit-Baltistan — a land of unknowns
Amir Hussain It might have been a chilly Saturday with clouds of victory hovering over the defence lines of Gilgit
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Editorial: seven decades of disenfranchisement
More than 73 years since its independence, Gilgit-Baltistan remains subject to barely disguised colonial rule to await genuine enfranchisement. While
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Rural response to Covid-19
Mushtaq Ahmad There is a long history of global pandemic and epidemics, but there is also evidence that all these
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GBA polls: youth yearning for radical change
By Raheem Sherazi Unlike previous elections, the campaign this time around seems lacklustre and people are disenchanted. Despite the date
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Hunza, Nager: forgotten for accession to Pakistan
By Ajmal Masood The territory of Gilgit-Baltistan until the seventies had been comprised of clusters of autonomous princely states including
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Free Baba Jan slogan echoes across GB, Pakistan
By Amir Roshan A massive protest joined by mourners on the occasion of Chehlum of the martyrs of Karbala at
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Hunza is waking up!
Rizwan K. Qalandar Baba Jan’s father (R) Bahadur Jan and counsel Ehsan Ali Advocate at the sit-in at Aliabad Hunza.
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Major parties in a fix over poll boycott demand
Family members, AWPGB call for polls boycott in GBLA-6 if Baba Jan and 11 other prisoners were not released High
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Polish climber falls to death, another rescued
by Abdullah Bai Islamabad: A climber from Poland has fallen to death at a mountain peak in Shimshal’s Ghujerav valley
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Polish climbers stranded on a Shimshal peak
High Asia Herald Exclusive Islamabad: Two Polish climbers are stranded at a little-known peak in Ghujerav valley of Shimshal in
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‘Corruption virus is more harmful than Corona’
High Asia Herald Report GILGIT: Pakistan’s top anti-graft body has urged youth and artists to join forces in the fight
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A year in the Pamirs — a traveller’s tale
Jennifer Charlotta Suzdak I’ve been in these mountains for nearly a year! That was not something I had planned on.
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Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan on Nov 15
General elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) will be held on November 15, according to a summary moved by the government and approved by President Arif Alvi. The notification comes amid a plethora of rumours in power corridors on the constitutional status of the disputed region triggering a debate in mainstream and social media.
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Sweat, Blood and Central Asian dance
Dance is an integral part of life in Central Asia; it can be seen both in rural settings and on
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