After record temperatures and drought, swaths of Pakistan lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in.

Through GilgitApp, you can buy and sell a wide range of products, including cars, motorbikes, mobile phones, laptops, home appliances, rent a property and pets.

Since July, the courts have handed down more than 5,000 verdicts with heavy sentences against members of a Shiite Ismaili ethnic group. About 100 detainees, including seven journalists, are awaiting trial. Authorities in Tajikistan have forced the closure of two religious bodies in the capital Dushanbe within a succession of a week, according to media reports. The institutions are the …

by Inayat Amir As the move for granting provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) looms large on the horizon, political leaders, activists, journalists and civil society members from GB huddled in Islamabad on Saturday to ponder on fresh developments and features of the proposed bill. Islamabad: Former political prisoner and AWP leader Baba Jan delivered a charged speech on the …

Slum dwellers demand protection of homes Islamabad: With clouds of uncertainty looming over their heads, residents of Rishma Colony, H-9 have called upon authorities the protection of their homes to be affected by the 10th Avenue project, by recognizing them as stakeholders in the project. Concerned residents along with the members of Alliance for Katchi Abadis and Awami Workers Party …

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan’s youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at Birmingham, the UK, the girls’ education activist announced in a tweet on her microblogging handler. Tweets by Malala “Today marks a precious day in my life”, she wrote in a Twitter post. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for …

The picturesque valley of Gojal in the Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan is fast becoming a talent hotspot for women's sports. The region has already produced several talented sportswomen who have made the country proud and to see them shining as superstars in Pakistan.

The group, which includes two female military pilots, said they do not want to remain in Tajikistan and hope to resettle in the United States

As the rescue team waits for the helicopter, communication has been re-established with the three climbers stranded at Rakaposhi for the last three days.

The euphemism of “collateral damage” encompassed bombing raids and cruise missile assassination strikes that killed civilians, meaning women and girls as well as men and boys. Berry quotes one critic of the war who argued that the alleged concern for women put a “feminist glow on some of the most brutal bombings.

By Aziz Ali Dad I just received sad news from Germany that Professor Dr Georg Buddruss an internationally acclaimed scholar on High Asia, linguist and specialist inIndian languages breathed his last in Mainz, Germany on August 13, 2021, at the age of 91. He was a great scholar of Nuristani and Dardic languages in northern Pakistan. Dr Buddruss was among …

Riaz Akbar spells out a comprehensive youth-led development roadmap for Gilgit-Baltistan, outlining four areas that can kick-start GB’s economy and increase the whole pie of the budget.

On a trip covering over 40,000 kilometres (25,000 miles) across 16 countries, photographer Christopher Wilton-Steer captures stunning images of cities, landscapes and people along Silk Road, the ancient historic trading route.

Hazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blasts by Stefanie Glinski in Kabul Women gather to mourn the victims – mostly girls – of a series of explosions outside Sayed Al-Shuhada school in Kabul’s Hazara district. Photo: The Guardian Latifa and Hosnia had been sharing a wooden bench in their classroom at …

Sirbaz Khan, a young mountaineer from Gilgit-Baltistan has another notch on his belt in 26 days by reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday morning. With the latest achievement, Sirbaz has now conquered seven 8000ers in his treacherous journey to fulfil his dream of putting his foot on the top of the 14 tallest peaks of the world.