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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High Asia
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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Understanding spread of Covid-19 in Gilgit-Baltistan
by Dr Aziz Baig The Coronavirus, perhaps, the deadliest in the last century that surfaced in Wuhan city of China
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Nager: five sent to jail for poaching snow leopard
Two persons were sentenced to two years imprisonment and an Rs5 million fine each for poaching the endangered animal. Two
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Khorezm Lazgi: the feel-good dance that ‘trembles’ earth
Lazgi is a must-see of Khorezm. Lazgi is the dance with a feel-good factor, making you feel a joie de vivre or zest for life. There is an opinion that the meaning of the ancient word ‘lazgi’ is ‘tremble,’ which describes a very energetic movement of the body along with the vibrant musical rhythms and expressive facial mimics.
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A nerve-racking ordeal
Gilgit-Baltistan students are struggling to remain connected with the digital world By Ramish Khan There seems to be no one
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ICIMOD gets new director general
News Desk Dr Pema Gyamtsho has been elected the new director-general of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
Read MoreWith schools shut, Afghan children work the poppy fields
https://rferl.org/b7e6d5f3-b05f-4931-b01d-68d882520393 ‘In Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province, more children are working in the poppy fields and selling opium after schools were shut
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Fighting Covid-19: Tajik doctor donates Hajj savings
News Desk Shirin Nazirmadova, a doctor from southern Tajikistan, has been saving for years to afford the hajj pilgrimage that
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