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Third season of GBCL kicks off with a colourful cultural program

By thehighasia
April 26, 2018
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Ali Ahmed Jan The much-awaited Gilgit-Baltistan Champions League (GBCL) kicked off with a greater participation of the enthusiastic and talented teams from over two dozen universities and colleges of twin cities of Islamabad-Rawalpindi and Lahore. The opening ceremony of the third season of the mega event was held at the Open Air Theatre of the Pakistan National Council of the …

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Suppression of critical thinking has given rise to current socio-political malaise: Hoodbhoy

By thehighasia
March 25, 2018
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HAH Special Report ISLAMABAD: Suppression of critical thinking and scientific enquiry have given rise to the current social and political malaise in Pakistan, says Prof Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, a famed physicist and social activist. He held the establishment-centred feudal dominated political system for the intellectual decay and suffocation in the country. “Pakistani society is afflicted by a culture of rote-learning …

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World marks Women’s Day hot on heels of rights demands

By thehighasia
March 9, 2018
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Pakistani leftwing working-class women organized rallies in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi for equal space, rights and against patriarchy, exploitation and religious extremism HAH Special Report Islamabad Women organizations around the world mobilised Thursday to celebrate International Women’s Day with Pakistani activists mostly socialist and working-class organisations marching in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi against rising violence, capitalism, feudal and tribal customs, …

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Dying young in Pakistan, where babies face the highest risk

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February 21, 2018
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High Asia Herald Report ISLAMABAD In the neonatal intensive care department of an Islamabad hospital, scrawny infants struggle for survival — victims of a vacuum in resources and education in the country with the highest newborn mortality rate in the world. “In Pakistan, a baby dies every second minute,” says Haider Shirazi, head of the neonatal department at the Pakistan …

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Lawyers in Gilgit, Ghizer hold protest rallies against arrest of leader Ehsan Ali

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February 16, 2018
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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 …

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QAU protest and the state’s contempt towards students

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October 26, 2017
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Ammar Rashid To rescue Pakistan’s crumbling education system, students, as the primary stakeholders of the system, must be allowed to speak, peacefully organise and have a say in decision-making about matters that determine their future The police brutality against students at Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) on Monday was a vivid illustration of Pakistani authorities’ approach to students — one reeking of …

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Shutdown, cleanup

By Editor
October 20, 2017
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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar AND so Nawaz, Maryam and Safdar have been indicted. All while reconciliation between Maryam and Hamza is in the works. And all while Safdar’s hateful speech in the National Assembly continues to create ripples inside and outside the N-League inner circle. For good measure, Imran’s troubles in the Supreme Court are also in the headlines. Will we …

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Setting up special force for protection of CPEC in GB approved

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October 6, 2017
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Correspondent GILGIT, Oct 6: The federal government has approved the establishment of a special protection unit (SPU) in Gilgit-Baltistan for providing security to foreigners working on the mega China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project as well as tourists visiting the region. “The steps are being taken to foil the conspiracies being hatched by the country’s enemies against the CPEC project,” GB’s …

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Lost whispers

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September 30, 2017
in :  Features, Hunza, Islamabad, Opinion
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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 …

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Pakistan’s population tops 207m, says provisional census results

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August 25, 2017
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Islamabad, Aug 25: Pakistan’s population has surged by more than half to 207 million, according to provisional results of the country’s first census in almost two decades released by the statistics board Friday. Once confirmed in the final report, Pakistan could be set to overtake Brazil as the world’s fifth most populous country, according to statistics on the US Census Bureau …

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University of London cancels Musharraf’s event over protest fears

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August 22, 2017
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News Desk The University of London (UOL) has not allowed a private Pakistani TV channel for using its venue for a session with former military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf, says GEO News channel. The university has stated that it will not allow All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) President Pervez Musharraf to use its venue to take part in a question …

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‘I love Pakistan’s people more than its mountains’, says Vanessa O’Brien

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August 16, 2017
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News  Desk ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: American-British Mountaineer #Vanessa #O’Brien, who scaled K2 last month, said on Tuesday that the warmth and love she received in Pakistan was matchless stating, “I love Pakistan’s people more than its mountains.” Addressing a news conference at a local hotel, Vanessa said she had found Pakistani people loving and caring. “I love Pakistan, its people …

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Pakistan, Ousting Leader, Dashes Hopes for Fuller Democracy

By Editor
July 29, 2017
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The Interpreter By MAX FISHER and AMANDA TAUB  Pakistan’s latest ouster of an elected leader looks, at least on the surface, refreshingly democratic. Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister, was ordered out by the Supreme Court rather than the military, which had cut short his two previous terms. He was removed over corruption charges that are backed up by substantial evidence. Accountability and …

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‘The times are a changing’ in Pakistan

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July 13, 2017
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Tariq Masood Malik The bad bleeds. And that which bleeds — unless plugged — leads in the news business. Plugging is what we have been badly bad at historically. History cannot be disowned. Or can it be? Now what cannot be disowned must be faced. Owning up a muddled history is made easy when we look for some small little …

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Gas heaters — silent killers

By Editor
December 14, 2015
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Islamabad: Every year during the winter season a number of families in Pakistan suffocate to death due to keeping the gas heaters on for the whole night during sleep and it is so mainly because the majority of our population is unaware of the precautionary measures needed to avoid losses while using gas heaters. Gas heaters release emissions such as …

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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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