Gilgit-Baltistan Youth Action Committee expresses its commitment to struggle for the achievement of the 15-point demands. | by By Anayat Baig & Adnan Hassan Gohar | KARACHI: Gilgit-Baltistan’s youth have called on the government to revive ancient routes and repair all important roads connecting their region to Pakistan, and Kashmir, provide modern air and land travel services to the people …

Participants of Aurat Azadi March, outside National Press Club in Islamabad to celebrate International Women’s Dat on March 8, 2020. Photo: HAH Women Democratic Front, Women Action Forum resolve to continue to struggle against patriarchy, violence against women and for equal rights HAH Report  Islamabad: Organizers of Aurat Azadi March (women liberation march) called for an independent judicial inquiry into …

The peace deal was signed after 18 months of talks in Doha Sorin Furcoi Al Jazeera] Peace deal signed in Qatari capital, Doha, will pave the way for the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan within 14 months   Doha, Qatar: The US and the Taliban have signed a landmark peace agreement after nearly 20 years of war that could …

High Asia Herald Report   An educator from Gilgit-Baltistan has been shortlisted for a prestigious British Council Alumni Award in Pakistan’s Social Impact category, says a report published on the website of the United Kingdom’s Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Sosan Aziz, an alumna of the IDS and the Sussex University, has been shortlisted for the award which “recognises the outstanding achievements …

File photo of the confluence of Khurdopin and Yokshin Glacier and blockade of Verjherav glacio-fluvial stream. Credit: MIMCP HAH Report Assessing and monitoring hazards as well as surveying the damage and collecting data during emergencies in hard-to-reach mountain areas poses many difficulties. At higher altitudes, satellite data does not come in high enough resolution to create accurate hazard maps, and …

News Desk MENDOZA: Pakistan’s Asad Ali Memon successfully climbed Aconcagua — the highest mountain peak in South America — and hoisted a 50-meter-long national flag at the top this week. The 22-year-old mountaineer dedicated his success to the soldiers of the Pakistan Army and the people of Kashmir after making it to the highest mountain in the world outside Asia. …

Critics accuse the Tajik authorities of exploiting the state’s campaign against extremism and terrorism to clamp down on religious groups and individuals critical of government policies. Clerics, politicians, professors among the 27 suspects picked detained in several regions   At least 27 suspected followers of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement have been detained in several different regions of Tajikistan in …

“Reading does not consist merely of decoding the written word or language; rather, it is preceded by and intertwined with knowledge of the world which always precedes reading the word,  involving critical perception, interpretation, and rewriting of what is read,” writes Rifat Syed, quoting Paulo Freire, Brazilian Educator, Philosopher, and author of the ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’. She has conducted …

Every year about 800,000 people take their own life — 11.4 people per 100,000 population and in Pakistan, it is 1.4 per 100,000, say reports and experts Herald Report Suicide is the 15th leading cause of death globally and around 11.4 people per 100,000 population kill themselves every year and in Pakistan, it is 1.4 persons per 100,000 population. Every …

Herald Report A Jeddah-bound plane made an emergency landing at Lahore airport minutes after take-off on Sunday morning, according to media reports. The flight was aborted after a fire in the Boeing 777’s main engine caused apparently by short-circuited wire. However, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesperson Mashood Tajwar said the flight was delayed due to a “technical fault” in the …