A documentary by an award-winning Pakistani filmmaker shows the lives of traditional musicians, musical instrument makers and the challenges they face by Omair Ahmad Indus Blues is an aural and visual delight, and it is no wonder it is winning, and being nominated for, a slew of awards. A 75 minute documentary on the folk musicians of Pakistan by the young filmmaker …

Ghulkin ended runner up. Twenty teams from all over Gojal participated in 10 days events. By Asif Sakhi PASSU (Gojal): In a thrilling final match host Passu team won the All Gojal A-Grade T-20 Cricket championship trophy beating Ghulkin by 5 wickets. The tournament concluded with a grand finale after 10 days impressive matches between 20 teams from all over …

Expresses solidarity with ‘prisoners of conscience’ in GB, their families and AWPGB struggle for rights Herald Report Islamabad: Women Democratic Front (WDF), Pakistan’s premier socialist-feminist organization, has condemned a recent verdict of an anti-terrorism court awarding 90 years prison term to political activists Iftikhar Hussain Kabalai, a leader of Karakoram National Movement. WDF president Ismat Shahjahan in a solidarity message …

Paris-based Watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned of an “alarming decline” in the state of press freedom in Pakistan and called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to take urgent measures to address the situation. RSF took issue with Khan’s recent statement during a trip to Washington that talking about curbs on press freedom in Pakistan was a “joke,” outlining several …

  دریائی کٹاو کی تباہ کاریاں جاری، این ایل آئی چھاونی دریا برد گوجال : پھسو ٹائمز اُردُو : فقیر اللہ خان ضلع ہنزہ کے تحصیل گوجال میں دریائی کٹاو نے تباہی مچادی، ضلعی انتظامیہ خاموش تماشائیدریائی کٹاو پر خصوصی ویڈیو رپورٹ Posted by ‎Passu-Times پھسو ٹائمز‎ on Sunday, 28 July 2019   By Asif Sakhi GOJAL: Recent heavy rains …

Hunza valley has suffered the most due to unplanned tourism and unending greed for money and profit. The valley is being sold out to tycoons of hospitality industry, land mafias and tax evaders, writes Amir Hussain in his latest column in The News.   by Amir Hussain All praise to nature for endowing the land of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) with magical …

Family members, political activists march on KKH for justice; threaten to extend protest to other parts of GB if prisoners not freed     Herald Correspondent HUNZA: Scores of protesters marched on Karakorum Highway (KKH) in Aliabad, the main town of Hunza on Sunday demanding release of political and environmental activists who have been languishing in jails for the last eight …

OHCHR blasts India and Pakistan for failing to improve the situation in the contested Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan   Herald Report The UN human rights office on Monday blasted India and Pakistan for failing to improve the situation in the contested Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, while renewing calls for an international probe into violations in the disputed Himalayan region. Last year, the …

Haider Ali questions the role of South’s elite class in running community organizations and marginalization of GBC By Haider Ali Shakespeare in his two classic masterpieces Hamlet and Merchant of Venice has exposed the aristocracy and upper classes’ corruption, immorality, their oppressive behaviour towards the middle and lower classes, their victimization, exploitation, and commodification of the poor through rituals. The …

Madeeha Syed It’s only just the start of the summer mountaineering season in the Himalayas and the Karakoram and already our Pakistani climbers have made us proud. On May 14, Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani to ever summit Lhotse in Nepal. At 8,516m it’s the fourth highest mountain in the world. This 32-year-old budding mountaineer from Aliabad, Hunza in …