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Of a lesser God

By thehighasia
6 days ago
in :  extremism, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Slider, Terrorism
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By Asim Sajjad Akhtar BALOCHISTAN bleeds again. Yet another episode of gruesome brutality against Hazaras — coal miners no less — has brought yet another protest movement into existence. Yesterday it was the death of a Baloch daughter of the soil on foreign shores, tomorrow it will be a Pashtun man falling prey to the Taliban or their makers. Khurram …

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Are Hazaras victims or blackmailers?

By thehighasia
7 days ago
in :  Conflict, extremism, Governance, History, Human Rights, Latest, Pakistan, People, Religion, Showbiz, Slider, Terrorism
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 by Naveed Toshi The handsome and smart woke up late in the evening to meet the producer of Diriliş: Ertuğrul, the popular Turkish television series on the glory of the Ottoman Empire. IK was reportedly full of praise for the drama because it has depicted how Turkish Muslims made history by creating an empire fighting Mongols, Christian Byzantines and the …

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Dadhocha Dam: landowners protest forced eviction

By thehighasia
2 weeks ago
in :  Climate Change, Conflict, Economy, Environment, Human Rights, Islamabad, Latest, Legal, Pakistan, People, Resistance, Slider
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Local people say they will not vacate their ancestral land without a settlement plan or resettlement by Punjab government; They demand increase in compensation rate for their land. Rawalpindi: Affected people of Dadhocha dam organised a public meeting and peaceful protest march here on Sunday against forced displacement without rehabilitation, seeking a substantial increase in compensation rate for their lands …

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Unwarranted abductions in UAE: Shia families fall into a further despair

By thehighasia
3 weeks ago
in :  extremism, Features, Human Rights, Iran, Kidnapping, Latest, Lockdown, Middle East, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, People, Politics, Religion, Slider
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by Asad Raza Gokal Since September 2020, when the UAE struck with Israel a deal on normalizing relations, alarm bells began to ring louder for the Pakistani Shia diaspora residing in the country. In the United Arab Emirate (UAE), members of the Shia families, a religious minority, are mostly employed in professions that pay them enough to cater the needs …

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21 journalists murdered this year, finds report

By thehighasia
3 weeks ago
in :  Crime, Human Rights, Iran, Latest, Media, Pandemic, Slider
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Reprisal murders targeting media persons doubled in 2020, finds CJP; Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian journalist, was hanged on December 12 after conviction by the regime News Desk A media freedom watchdog has reported alarming increase in murder cases of journalists worldwide for their professional work during the outgoing year. At least 30 journalists were slain while on duty this year, …

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The treacherous Chipursan road: a perfect example of corruption, rotten system

By thehighasia
December 15, 2020
in :  Corruption, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, Governance, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Latest, Slider
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Building and road division of the PWD department officials, contractors and representatives should be made accountable for their involvement in plundering public money and delay in completing the Rs20m project Naveed Toshee & Qurban Rahim Chipursan road issue has once again popped up in media and not for good reason. A photo, showing a portion of the road collapsed, is …

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Gahvora: harmful or useful childrearing device?

By thehighasia
December 12, 2020
in :  Arts & Culture, Central Asia, Child Rights, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, Latest, Latest News, Lifestyle, Pamir Ranges, People, Slider, Society
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Dr Lara Karasik Gahvora (cradle) is the oldest device which has been used by families for centuries in High Asia and Central Asia regions for containing and cradling of babies. It is still preserved in Badakhshan, Pamirs, Kashgar, Srikol, Hunza, Ghizer and Broghel, Chitral for newborn babies rearing. It is noteworthy that even among modern families in cities, you easily …

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Artworks highlight gender-based violence, patriarchy

By thehighasia
December 12, 2020
in :  Arts & Culture, Features, Human Rights, Latest, Latest News, Pakistan, Pandemic, Slider, Society, Women
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By Farman Ali Islamabad: An exhibition of artworks coupled with live mural painting, poetry recitation, dance and mime performances at Nomad Gallery last Sunday, brilliantly highlighted the increasingly pervasive sexual misconduct, harassment, derogatory remarks, abuse and violence faced by women at workplaces, homes, public places, and on campuses across the country. The paintings not only show the social menace but …

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National parks: conservation or occupation of GB land?

By thehighasia
December 11, 2020
in :  Climate Change, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, Slider, Wildlife
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The top-down conservation policies are meant to dispossess people of their land, livelihood and resources By Ali Rehmat The conservation, environment and development policies and strategies in Pakistan have remained problematic both for the government and the communities living in the protected areas. At times the implementation of the government’s top-down exclusionary policies have met resistance from communities. In the …

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Are we out of our minds?

By thehighasia
November 27, 2020
in :  Education, Features, Human Rights, Islamabad, Latest, National, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Resistance, Slider, Socialism, South Asia
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Raza Gillani Why have we spent the last four years, presumably the most crucial time of our lives, organising at various campuses across the country and its administered areas on issues pertaining to student life, gender, education, class, ethnicity, race, etc.? Why have we wasted our time in searching for those who share our principles, dreams, and resolve? Why have …

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Five more political prisoners freed today

By thehighasia
November 24, 2020
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Law, Politics, Resistance, Slider
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Of the total 14 political prisoners, 10 have been so far freed in three phases. AWP leader Baba Jan, Iftikhar Karbali and two others are likely to be released on November 27 and 30. High Asia Herald Report GILGIT: Five more political prisoners were freed on Tuesday, ending their nine years’ incarceration in Gahkuch jail as well as a long …

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Protests continue against KIU student’s harassment

By thehighasia
November 22, 2020
in :  Crime, Education, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Pakistan, Society
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Staff Reporter Islamabad: Protests continue against alleged sexual harassment of a female student by an official of the Karakoram International University Gilgit.   Over a dozen activists of Young Activists Movement (YAM), Progressive Students Federation (PrSF) Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Awami Workers Party Gilgit-Baltistan (AWPGB) and Women Democratic Front (WDF), staged a protest demo outside National Press Club in the federal capital on …

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You have snatched our dreams

By thehighasia
November 21, 2020
in :  Chitral, Drug abuse, Education, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, Health, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Lifestyle, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, People, Slider
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By Ashiq Ali Broghil, the most neglected valley in Hindu Kush Mountains, need government attention The Pamiri Wakhi people live in the remotest and mountainous regions around Pamir Knot in four countries of High Asia — Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan and Pakistan. In Pakistan the Wakhi people live in three regions – Chitral’s Broghil Valley in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Hunza District’s Gojal Sub-Division, …

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Four more political prisoners of Hunza freed

By thehighasia
November 20, 2020
in :  Crime, Disaster, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, Governance, Human Rights, Hunza, Judiciary, Law, Legal, Pakistan
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GILGIT: Four more prisoners were released from Damas jail in Ghizer District on Friday. According to a notification issued by the Home Department of Gilgit-Baltistan, the authorities have issued release order of Aleemuallah Khan, Musa Khan, Irfan Ali and Shukrullah Baig. The interim government/home department with the consent of presiding Judge of Anti-Terrorism Court has ordered the release of the …

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Gilgit-Baltistan — a land of unknowns

By thehighasia
November 5, 2020
in :  Central Asia, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, History, Human Rights, Kashmir, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Slider
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Amir Hussain It might have been a chilly Saturday with clouds of victory hovering over the defence lines of Gilgit Scouts on November 1, 1947. It was a historic day when a legion of local military men of Gilgit Scouts revolted against the Dogra ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). These men in uniform overthrew the …

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By Neelum Wali The word COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease. Formerly, this disease was …

You have snatched our dreams

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Economy

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December 11, 2020

Literature

State Sovereignty Within Borders and in the External Sphere

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September 4, 2020

How capitalism drives cancel culture

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Mubarak Wakhani: the Leonardo da Vinci of Yamga

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June 26, 2020

Book: Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh

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June 18, 2020

The Pamirian Languages: Between Past and Future

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Google celebrates Manto’s birthday with a doodle

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May 11, 2020

Remembering Antonio Gramsci

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Pandemic and poetry

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Masculinity, media and madness

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March 18, 2020

Art’s relationship with power

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March 15, 2020

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March 12, 2020

Frida Kahlo was a captivating subject for photographers

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Mrinal Sen’s films rejected political apathy

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February 27, 2020

The graveyard talks back –I

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Pakistan’s literary saboteur at 100 – II

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February 6, 2020

Tourism

Rebuilding tourism in a safe, equitable & climate-friendly way

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September 28, 2020

Tourism suffers another blow as PTDC shuts its motels, lays off employees

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July 2, 2020

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