https://www.facebook.com/nayadaurpk/videos/1023944344639159/?t=37 Jalila Haider was stopped from traveling to the UK, released after 7 hours after a strong reaction from political and rights activists on social media High Asia Herald Report Leading human rights defender and President of Women Democratic Front (WDF) Balochistan chapter Jalila Haider was released on Monday after being detained by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for seven …

High Asia Herald Report LAHORE: A protest was held at Lahore Press Club on Sunday (19 Jan 2020) to demand the release of 14 political prisoners of Gilgit-Baltistan, sentenced to life imprisonment in the Hunza Riots Case of 2011.  The protest will be held every two weeks. The protest was organised by students and youth activists from GB on the …

  https://rferl.org/a/afghanistan-homeless-family-cemetery/30381496.     An ethnic Turkmen family in northern Afghanistan was homeless and desperate — so they took shelter in a cemetery alongside other destitute people. But when locals learned about the family’s troubles from a report by RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service, they stepped forward to help. thehighasiahttps://thehighasia.com

Speakers at HRCP seminar decry regression of democratic values, violations of fundamental rights, propose a broad-based coalition based on minimum people's agenda 

  By Farman Ali We are pleased to announce the soft launching of the High Asia TV transmission with an exclusive talk show on the geostrategic, ecological and economic importance of the less known High Asia region also called as ‘Roof of the World”, a metaphoric description of the complex of mountain ranges comprising the Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Pamir, Tian Shan, …

URUMQI: Trade volume surged this year at Khunjerav Pass, a major border port between China and Pakistan, the Chinese media reported on Saturday. Cargo import and export reached 66,600 tonnes in the first 11 months at Khunjerab Pass, the highest customs checkpoint between Gilgit-Baltistan’s Hunza District and  China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in the northwest, up 46.8 percent from the …

They demand publishing judicial inquiry report of Aug 11, 2011 tragedy, provision of facilities to prisoners in jail, the arrest of the police officer involved in the killing of two persons

The region is missing from mainstream policy discourse on Kashmir, says Dr Nosheen Ali   By Anayat Baig & Ehtesham Khan KARACHI: Pakistani rulers govern Gilgit-Baltistan as a security zone with suspicion and repressive tactics. The region’s constitutional issue, people’s aspirations and perspectives are missing from our mainstream policy and political discourse. This was the gist of the speech made …

By Ali Ahmed Jan Gilgit: Protest by students of Karakoram International University (KIU) continues against the increase in tuition fees, but the university and the government authorities seem unmoved. The Protesters warned that if their demands were not approved, the chief minister and the governor would sit in front of the house. Varsity anesthesia fees have been increased by 50%. …

By Amir Hussain Sadness, trepidation, and agony will stare at you as if you have landed in a broken nation of Sub-Saharan Africa. Even with a modicum of sensibilities, a venture into the interior of Balochistan will be like a voyage of the colonial era into the heart of Africa. Wounds and bruises inflicted upon the body politics of Balochistan …