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A nascent startup aims to combat poverty in Chitral

By thehighasia
February 1, 2023
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StartUp

News Desk Islamabad: In an era of global economic crisis a young entrepreneur from Chitral has embarked on an ambitious plan to combat poverty in the Hindu Kush mountainous region. Through his startup, AIVestify, Khairuddin Shadani, aims to eliminate poverty in his scenic valley by 2030 using artificial intelligence (AI) as an information partner to support the “Trillion-Dollar-Fund” (TDF). The …

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Book highlights diverse ecosystem of HKH regions

By thehighasia
January 11, 2023
in :  Biodiversity, China, Climate Change, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Wildlife
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Mountain Studies

HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad: A book on studies of three major mountain regions of Pakistan has been published. The book, titled: Mountain Studies Understanding and Managing  Mountains for people and Nature is an important resource book for researchers, academia, students, and environmentalists as well as the people living in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya (HKH) regions. The book contains …

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Sports fest organised for Chitral jail inmates, staff

By thehighasia
October 9, 2022
in :  Chitral, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, Society, Sports
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Sports Fest

The two-day events aimed at providing entertainment and engaging 90 prisoners including four women in healthy activities By Gul Hamaad Farooqi Chitral: A two-day sports festival was organized for the Chitral District Jail inmates for the first time in the history of the region. There are 90 prisoners, including four women. The sports event was organized by District Sports Officer …

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Pakistan reels from floods

By thehighasia
September 18, 2022
in :  Balochistan, Climate Change, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Latest, Pakistan
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After record temperatures and drought, swaths of Pakistan lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in.

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Man-made catastrophe

By thehighasia
August 26, 2022
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Development, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Opinion, Pakistan, Slider
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Disaster

The scale, scope and spread of the 2022 floods have surpassed the super floods of 2010. The monsoon rains have created unprecedented havoc in all regions of the country stretching from Gilgit-Baltistan and KP to Sindh, southern Punjab and Balochistan.

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GLOFs pose major threats to people in G-B, Chitral

By thehighasia
August 13, 2022
in :  Archives, Central Asia, China, Chitral, Climate Change, Disaster, Environment, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Hunza, Karakoram Ranges
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Steve Cole, Erin Guiltenane In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. The findings, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, will help researchers assessing the potential hazards …

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Chitral: Oveer Lasht residents live in constant fear

By thehighasia
August 7, 2022
in :  Chitral, Climate Change, Disaster, Ecology, Features, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, People, Slider
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GLOF Risk

By Gul Hameed Farooqui A beautiful view of Oveer Lasht Valley in Upper Chitral now facing climate-change-induced danger. Photo by Gul Hamaad Farooqui/HAH Daniyal visited his scenic valley Oveer Lasht nestled in the Hindu Kush Mountains to enjoy summer vacations with peace of mind and enjoy its tranquillity escaping the humid and scorching hot weather of Karachi. But to his …

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Why are glaciers melting at such a rapid rate?

By thehighasia
July 16, 2022
in :  Climate Change, Disaster, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Hunza, Karakoram Ranges, Pakistan, South Asia
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Flood devastation

Concerns as glaciers melt in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan is home to more than 7,000 glaciers, but rising global temperatures are causing them to melt rapidly.

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Gilgit-Baltistan and climate change

By thehighasia
July 8, 2022
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Disaster, Ecology, Environment, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Research Paper, Tourism, Wildlife
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Climate-=change

There is a need to assess these risks and challenges, and their impacts on biodiversity, ecology and human wellbeing of Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions

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Call for declaring mental health emergency in GB

By thehighasia
June 21, 2022
in :  Crime, Domestic Violence, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Health, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Hunza, Slider, Society, WHO
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Ghizer Youth Maraka

Participants of Ghizer Youth Maraka blast successive governments for their failure and apathy in addressing the issue

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Religious history and heritage of Tangir

By thehighasia
October 7, 2021
in :  Architecture, Diamer District, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Heritage, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, History, Religion, Tangir, Terrorism
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History, religon and heritage

Anthropologist Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro shares what he learned from village historian of Tangir and some field notes.

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Buddruss: an embodiment of scholarly commitment

By thehighasia
August 19, 2021
in :  Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Latest, Obituary, People, Slider
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Prof Georg Buddruss

By Aziz Ali Dad I just received sad news from Germany that Professor Dr Georg Buddruss an internationally acclaimed scholar on High Asia, linguist and specialist inIndian languages breathed his last in Mainz, Germany on August 13, 2021, at the age of 91. He was a great scholar of Nuristani and Dardic languages in northern Pakistan. Dr Buddruss was among …

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Meet Ghizer’s Iqrarul Hassan

By thehighasia
April 26, 2021
in :  Crime, Features, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Latest, Media, Opinion, People
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By Sher Zaman It was a chilly morning of March 2021 at the busy Gahkuch Bazaar. The bazaar here opens early at dawn and closes at dusk. Young Hidayatullah* has opened his general store in the heart of the bazaar. He was looking forward to a usual day before he would retire to his shared room with several other traders …

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‘Look, I did it without you’

By thehighasia
February 21, 2021
in :  Climbing, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Hunza, Latest, Mountaineering, Opinion, People, Slider, South Asia, Sports
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I lost my brother but not the courage we shared, says the award-winning documentary ‘Unsung Heroes’ Pakistan Shero fame climber Shakela Nazar By Raheem Sherazi Shakeela and Nadeema during the climb of Yazghel Sar Peak in Shimshal. Photo: Qudrat Ali “Look! I did what I could not in your life without you.” These are the words of Shakila Numa, one …

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Conservation: academic critiques fortress model

By thehighasia
February 1, 2021
in :  Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Heritage, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, History, Latest, Pakistan, Politics, Resistance, Slider, Wildlife
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Calls for a community-driven and managed approach in Gilgit-Baltistan By: Anmol, Shams Uddin & Anayat Baig Karachi: The neoliberal development and conservation have failed to achieve the objectives of protecting endangered species rather than endangering the indigenous communities and nature. The market-driven model of conservation is aimed at colonization and securitization of people living in peripheries through the occupation of …

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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