AFP This thoroughfare is the only one connecting the 2,400 residents of the village of Shimshal to the outside world. The jeep bumps along a sloppy mud road carved between the country’s mountainous north, its tyres running with breath-taking precision along the very edge, where nothing but air lies between them and the snake-like river winding hundreds of feet below. …
Zaigham Abbas The Pashtun Tahaffuz movement (PTM) has infused a new spirit for dissent and serious debate in Pakistan. The issues of extremism and terrorism are an existential threat for Pakistan, but ironically, they have never generated a serious debate, let alone the resolve to fight these ills, but PTM has rejuvenated our hope to overcome these issues. Despite …
Special Correspondent HUNZA, April 11: Hopes fading for the survival of three young tourists who were buried under the debris of snow and mudslide after an avalanche hit their hut at a tourist point in Hunza District on Monday. According to local people, the rescue operation launched on Monday evening by the personnel of army and district police, members of …
Ehtisham Khan Karachi NSF-GB, Sindh Zone, organizes the 29th study circle at Karachi to discuss impact of mega projects on people, environment and ecosystem of GB The participants of a study circle unanimously opposed the proposed policy of the GB government to grab land and resources of the local people under the garb …
Special Correspondent Lawyers of Gilgit-Baltistan held a protest rally outside Chief Court Gilgit on Friday against the arrest of a senior lawyer and socialist leader Ehsan Ali. They chanted slogans against the police officers and district administration for instituting FIRs against their leader on trumped-up charges and subsequently putting him behind bars. They marched from the city to the chief …
Amir Hussain In an era of plummeting optimism for peace and prosperity, the prospects of a better life begin to vanish from the popular memory. This is bound to happen when hopes for betterment are dashed, voices of dissent are muffled, the choices of a decent life are marred and freedom of expression is barred. All this happens under the …
Farman Ali ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Media watchdogs, political and rights activists have voiced concern at the abuse of anti-terrorism and other laws to silence freedom of expression and dissent voices in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). They have asked the authorities to withdraw Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and cybercrime law from GB, and drop what they called, the trumped-up charges, against journalists and political …
Amir Hussain Nihal There are fairies, demons, witches and flying saucers in the valleys surrounded by the gigantic mountains and snowy peaks of Hunza. This is how grandmothers used to narrate stories to their grandchildren in Hunza valley not very long ago. But this practice has now slowly faded, leaving an unquenchable thirst in the inquisitive mind to explore the …
Maliha Safiullah ISLAMABAD: A book written by a German author on high altitude porters of the Shimshal Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan was launched by the Oxford University Press (OUP) here on Tuesday. The book, “And Death Walks with Them: Above Eight Thousand Metres with Pakistani Porters from Shimshal” has been written by Christiane Fladt, a German traveller, teacher and an adventure enthusiast. …
News Desk An Australian climber along with a team of local mountaineers has climbed a peak in Shimshal, says a post by the trekking company on its Facebook page. Two famous climbers, Shaheen Baig and Qudrat Ali, explored a new route to the top of the peak along with Karonny. The 29-year-old Australian climber contacted the duo mountaineer friends through …
