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Hunza, Nager: forgotten accessionist states

By thehighasia
October 15, 2020
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By Ajmal Masood The territory of Gilgit-Baltistan until seventies had been comprised of clusters of autonomous princely states including Hunza and Nager. The two sovereign states had never remained under suzerainty of Jammu and Kashmir. After the Partition of the Indian Sub-Continent, Hunza and Nager were the first states to announce their decision of accession to the federation of Pakistan …

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#FreeBabaJan slogan reverberates through GB, Pakistan

By thehighasia
October 10, 2020
in :  Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Judiciary, Latest, Pakistan, People, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Slider
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By Amir Roshan As the sit-in and protests for the release of Awami Workers Party (AWP) leaders Baba Jan, Aleem Ahmed, Iftikhar Karbalai, and 11 other imprisoned comrades continue, more people pour into Aliabad to join the main dharna and express solidarity with the families and friends of the prisoners. The sit-in that started at Aliabad, the main town of …

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Hunza is waking up!

By thehighasia
October 8, 2020
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Politics, Resistance, Slider
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Rizwan K. Qalandar Hunza sit-in for the release of 14 political prisoners incarcerating for over nine years in Damas jail in Ghizer District enters its fourth day. The prisoners of Hunza were convicted by an Anti-Terrorism Court under fabricated charges of sedition and terrorism for destroying government buildings during a massive protest triggered by shooting down of a man and …

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AWP leaders express solidarity with Shahab Khattak, family

By thehighasia
October 7, 2020
in :  Human Rights, Latest, Legal, Politics, Resistance, Revolution, Socialism, Society, Terrorism
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Leaders of AWP, other parties have condemned the brutal murder of Professor Naeemuddin Khattak, a progressive academic in broad daylight in Peshawar and expressed solidarity with his family. The noted teacher was shot dead by unknown assailants on October 5 while he was leaving for home from his college. A delegation of the Awami Workers Party Party led by Deputy …

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In Hunza, major parties in a fix over poll boycott demand

By thehighasia
October 5, 2020
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Politics, Slider
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Family members, AWPGB call for polls boycott in GBLA-6 if Baba Jan and 11 other prisoners were not released High Asia Herald Report HUNZA: Family members of the prisoners of conscience have called for a boycott of the forthcoming elections for Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in Hunza if Baba Jan and his 11 comrades were not released putting the mainstream parties in …

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‘Men will be men’ versus ‘my body my rights’

By thehighasia
October 4, 2020
in :  Education, Features, Feminism, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Resistance, Slider, Society, Women
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By Sana Basim These both are the most famous slogans of our times but connotations and perceptions behind both slogans are completely different. Our religious leaders always have a dominant role to endorse this mindset, despite most of the child abuse cases are reported by Mudrassa teachers, still influential religious leaders normally blame women’s dressing on national TV as one …

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Polish climber falls to death, another rescued in Shimshal Valley

By thehighasia
October 2, 2020
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by Abdullah Bai Islamabad:  A climber from Poland has fallen to death at a mountain peak in Shimshal’s Ghujerav valley while his friend has been rescued. According to Shaheen Baig, leader of a rescue team, the two Polish climbers, llzuck Michael Jakob and Bogdanski Jakob had gone to Ghujerav Valley three days ago to attempt a little-known 6,200m-high Dhee Sar …

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Two Polish climbers stranded at a peak in Shimshal

By thehighasia
October 1, 2020
in :  Climbing, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, Hunza, Karakoram Ranges, Latest, Mountaineering, Slider
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High Asia Herald Exclusive Islamabad:  Two Polish mountain climbers are stranded at a little known peak in Ghujerav valley of Shimshal in upper Hunza, The High Asia Herald learnt late Thursday evening. A seven-member rescue team from Shimshal led by Shaheen Baig, a renowned mountaineer and K2 summiteer has been sent for the rescue operation. The two climbers with their …

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‘Corruption virus is more harmful than Corona’

By thehighasia
September 30, 2020
in :  Arts & Culture, Corruption, Crime, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Latest, Pakistan, Slider
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High Asia herald Report GILGIT: Pakistan’s top anti-graft body has urged youth and artists to join forces in the fight against the virus of corruption which is more lethal and spreads faster than Coronavirus. “Students should be part of the efforts in creating awareness about the ill-effects of the menace and making Pakistan a corruption-free country,” National Accountability Bureau (NAB) …

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Nobel laureate denounces lack of will to end sexual violence as a war tactic

By thehighasia
September 29, 2020
in :  Human Rights, Latest, Pakistan, People, Politics, Slider, Society, Women, World
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High Asia Herald Report Pakistan ranks the sixth most dangerous country in the world for women, with an alarming rise in cases of sexual crimes,domestic violence and kidnapping and honour crime. VAW is still endemic in Pakistan in a climate of impunity, state inaction, discriminatory legislation and a dysfunctional criminal justice system. On September 11, a woman was gang-raped on …

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Rebuilding tourism in a safe, equitable & climate-friendly way

By thehighasia
September 28, 2020
in :  Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Health, Latest, Lockdown, Mountaineering, Pandemic, Slider, Social Distancing, Tourism, World
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Global community unites to celebrate “tourism and rural development” High Asia Herald Report The 2020 edition of World Tourism Day, with the theme of “Tourism and Rural Development”, celebrates the unique role that tourism plays in providing opportunities outside of big cities and preserving cultural and natural heritage all around the world.  The aim of the day is to raise awareness …

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A case for a new participatory governance model in Gilgit-Baltistan

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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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to bring ‘Ms Marvel’ to life

By thehighasia
September 23, 2020
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The award-winning filmmaker will direct the series for the Disney+ as the first Pakistani director Herald Report Award-winning Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has been roped in to direct ‘Ms Marvel’ series for Disney+ said a report posted by Shoaib Habib Memon, a social activist, on his LinkedIn social media page. The two-time Academy Award winner has joined the team comprising …

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Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan on Nov 15

By thehighasia
September 23, 2020
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President Arif Alvi assents summary; govt weighs in on a proposal to give provisional province status to GB with representation in parliament High Asia Herald Report ISLAMABAD: 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 on Wednesday. The notification comes …

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SDG3: Health experts for strengthening immunization coverage

By thehighasia
September 23, 2020
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$6.5m Third-Party Verification Immunization Coverage Survey was conducted to assess gaps and bottlenecks in Pakistan’s immunization programme High Asia Herald Report Islamabad:  Health experts and researchers have expressed concern at the prevalence of poliovirus in Pakistan and called for enhanced efforts to strengthen immunization coverage. They were speaking at the launch of a survey in the federal capital the other …

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