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The Kashmir Files: Controversial Bollywood movie draws Kashmiris’ ire

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March 17, 2022
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The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) while condemning the newly released controversial Bollywood movie, The Kashmir Files, has termed it a plain lie and a ‘poisonous propaganda’ of the Indian government against Muslims of Jammu Kashmir. The freshly released Bollywood film is based on the story of the forced exodus of Kashmiri non-Muslims from the valley. A statement issued by …

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GB constitutional package: ‘move aims to legitimise colonial rule’

By thehighasia
March 10, 2022
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GB's constitutional package

Young academic cautions youth about neoliberal ‘development mantra Special Correspondent Professor Zaighum Abbas speaking on the proposed provisional provincial status for Gilgit-Baltistan at an interactive session with students of the GB Punjab University campus. Photo HAH LAHORE: Debate on the proposed constitutional setup for Gilgit-Baltistan reverberates in and outside the mountainous region. Youth and activists from GB in Pakistan and …

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Making Gilgit-Baltistan fifth province

By thehighasia
September 19, 2021
in :  Conflict, Gilgit-Baltistan, India, Kashmir, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Slider
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Fifth Province

The matter of granting provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan involves a contested political process with multifarious implications to the interests of stakeholders

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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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A case for participatory governance in G-B

By thehighasia
September 24, 2020
in :  Democracy, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, Islamabad, Kashmir, Latest, Lockdown, National, Opinion, Pakistan, Parliament, Politics, Slider
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By Ghulam Amin Beg The old Indian narrative on Jammu and Kashmir of a democratic dispensation, constitutionally guaranteed local autonomy and unique status has disappeared overnight. Thanks to the fascist actions of Prime Minister Modi and the BJP government last year. The new status quo in Kashmir has created a new narrative for both pro-Indian and nationalist Kashmiris as well …

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Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan on Nov 15

By thehighasia
September 23, 2020
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Kashmir, Latest, Latest News, Pakistan, Parliament, Politics, Slider
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Development agenda for GB

General elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) will be held on November 15, according to a summary moved by the government and approved by President Arif Alvi. The notification comes amid a plethora of rumours in power corridors on the constitutional status of the disputed region triggering a debate in mainstream and social media.

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MMD voices concern at lack of internet access to students

By thehighasia
July 1, 2020
in :  Chitral, Education, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Kashmir, Latest, Media, Pakistan, Pandemic, Resistance, Science & Technology, Slider
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Herald Report Islamabad: A digital rights watchdog has expressed concern at the difficulties being faced by students in attending online classes due to lack of Internet facilities in the rural area of Pakistan and mountainous regions of Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.  The organisation has urged the government to provide an appropriate recourse for the students who are unable to access e-learning modules …

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Students take to roads: protest against online classes, poor internet service

By thehighasia
June 23, 2020
in :  Baltistan Division, Education, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Islamabad, Kashmir, Latest, Latest News, Lockdown, Pakistan, Pandemic, Slider
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Student’s Solidarity Protest against Poor Internet connectivity & falsified policies of HEC regarding online classes organised by All Baltistan Movement in Skardu.#teamABM Posted by ABM (All Baltistan Movement) on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Students from GB, Kashmir, ex-Fata districts, Seraiki and Balochistan regions demand suspension of online classes, waiver of fees Inayat Abdali, Iqbal Salik & Aunil Muntazir   Gilgit/Ghizer/Skardu/Islamabad: …

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Book: Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh

By thehighasia
June 18, 2020
in :  Afghanistan, Archives, Astore, Baltistan Division, Britain, Central Asia, Chitral, Darel, Features, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, History, India, Karakoram Ranges, Kashmir, Latest, Lifestyle, Literature, Nagar, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, People, Slider, Society, Tangir, World, Xinjiang
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British colonial officer John Biddulph’s book is considered as one of the pioneering works in English that provided an insight to the secluded societies, lifestyles, languages,  customs, marriages, festivals, ruling families and general characteristics of the many tribes that inhabited the Hindu Kush region Reviewed by Basharat Wakhani Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh written by British colonial officer John Biddulph is considered as one of the …

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Love in the time of corona: time to build South Asian cooperation

By thehighasia
May 9, 2020
in :  China, Diplomacy, Economy, Education, Energy, Health, India, Kashmir, Latest, Latest News, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, People, Politics, Slider, Society, South Asia, World
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“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky …

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TMA officials in Chitral awaiting salaries for 3 months

By thehighasia
May 5, 2020
in :  Chitral, Health, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, Kashmir, Latest, Lockdown, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, Sanitaization, Slider, South Asia
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By Gul Hammad Farooqi CHITRAL: As the fear of the people of Chitral rises due to the spike in coronavirus cases in the Hindu Kush mountainous region, so does the anxiety of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) staffers who have not yet been paid their salaries for the last three months. The TMA officials are performing duty in a very …

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Rethinking education and social justice in Gilgit-Baltistan

By thehighasia
May 3, 2020
in :  Education, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, Health, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Kashmir, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, Slider, Society
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While Covid-19 has busted the myth of success and efficiency of the market economy and governance with the failing façade of profiteering at the cost of human welfare, people need to raise voice for their basic rights and push the state to improve the education and health systems Muhammad Ali-Musofer The Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted and paralysed the social and …

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Polls: SC puts Gilgit-Baltistan govt on notice

By thehighasia
April 29, 2020
in :  Democracy, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, History, Judiciary, Kashmir, Latest, Lockdown, News, Pandemic, Parliament, People, Politics, Slider, Society, South Asia
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Development agenda for GB

Herald Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday put on notice the advocate general and government of Gilgit-Baltistan on a petition filed by the Federal government seeking an amendment to the election laws to hold polls in the region. The seven-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, issued notice to the GB government and its top counsel for Thursday to …

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1931: The Silk Road meets the auto age

By thehighasia
March 14, 2020
in :  Archives, Central Asia, China, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Himalayas, History, Hunza, Karakoram Ranges, Kashmir, Latest News, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, People, Slider, World
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From the National Geographic archives, a look back at the Citroën-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition. By BILL JONES   GEORGES-MARIE HAARDT was one of those latter-day explorers who completed the first journey on wheels across Central Asia. Covering 8,000 miles, the trip’s purpose was to open up the Silk Road to cars. “Across desert wastes and windswept plateaus, over snow-clad mountain passes, …

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Call for greater Pak-Azerbaijan cooperation to highlight Nagorno-Karabakh, Kashmir issues

By thehighasia
February 24, 2020
in :  Conflict, Crime, Europe, Human Rights, Kashmir, Latest, Pakistan, People, Politics, Slider, World
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Azeri Ambassador Ali Alizada addressing a seminar on Together for Peace and Humanity. End to Ethnic and genocide jointly by embassy of Azerbaijan and NUML. Khojaly massacre highlighted at a seminar at NUML to remember the 613 victims killed by Armenian forces on Feb 25-26, 1992   by Gul Nayab   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan affirms its support to the stance of …

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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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