The new AC has ambitious plans to clean the largest tehsil of the Hunza District from pollution and substandard food items By Asif Sakhi GOJAL: In an unprecedented move, the administration of Gojal Sub-Division has taken swift action against the shop owners for selling unhygienic and spurious consumer items in the region. The locals have welcomed the action terming it …

In conversations surrounding the ‘forced conversions’ of Hindu girls, the voices of the girls are missing ‘Forced conversions’ of young girls is an emotive issue within the Hindu community of Sindh. Those accused claim that ‘young love’ is being misrepresented by the community, the media, and activists. But those who know the whole truth are often not speaking, say Naeem …

The case of Gilgit-Baltistan is a clear manifestation of the failure of the political imagination of Pakistan’s ruling class by Aziz Ali-Dad Just seven months before his death, the iconic fiction writer of Urdu literature, Saadat Hasan Manto wrote a short story titled Gilgit Khan on June 4, 1954. It is a story of Hamza Khan who comes to a city from …

Abominable tells the story of a young girl living in Shanghai and a yeti Herald Report A newly released animated children’s film triggered a territorial controversy in South East Asia. A half-second blip in the film aggravated a decades-old geopolitical controversy in Southeast Asia in October, writes Grennan Milliken in the GlacierHub, an online news portal. The film about a lovable yeti and …

A new book highlights gaps between aid agencies and communities, the efficacy of aid in poverty reduction and human development Herald Report The debate over development strategies and policies being applied in the developing countries to eradicate poverty has been going on ever since the introduction of the neoliberal economic agenda and the structural adjustment programmes. Independent economists and academics …

The reported shoot-out near the Uzbek and Afghan borders will concern Russia and China as well. The attack in Tajikistan could have broad implications for Central Asia DUSHANBE: A deadly attack on a Tajik border post reported early on Wednesday is disturbing for many reasons, including the fact Tajik officials are blaming the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group for the …

Pakistan is among the 21 countries which were “not free” in terms of freedom and access to Internet use Herald Report Islamabad: Internet freedom in Pakistan has further shrunk due to blocking of websites, shutting down of networks and increasing disinformation during the last one year, finds a report. According to a report “Freedom of the Net 2019” which assessed 65 countries, …

The cryosphere thinning results in the loss of rare species and their habitats, changes in infrastructure, food, and water: Dr Sitara Parveen Herald Report The thinning of the cryosphere is a major threat to the livelihoods of the mountain communities in north-western Himalaya, Trans-Himalaya, the Karakoram, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges. There is a need for adaptive strategies to cope …

KARACHI: Once a prime candidate for extinction, the population of vultures in Pakistan has shown tentative signs of recovery in the past five years, but nature’s “garbage disposal” is still facing looming threats on several fronts, experts said. The population of several species of vulture started declining in the mid-1990s due to the ingestion of livestock carcasses containing residues of deadly …

  Most passengers died trying to jump off moving train to escape blaze in Rahim yar Khan, say officials   News Desk Islamabad: At least 72 people were killed in southern Punjab on Thursday morning after a cooking stove being used on a train exploded, officials said. Witnesses said that some desperate passengers began jumping off the burning train while …