The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has demanded an apology from Prime Minister Imran Khan over leveling allegations against the media and journalists in a public meeting in Malakand on Sunday where he alleged that media houses were receiving funds for campaigning against the PTI government.  While showing astonishment and anger at Prime Minister’s ‘baseless’ remarks, and that too …

News Desk Lahore: Aurat March Lahore organizers have filed a writ petition before the Lahore High Court (LHC), calling for women’s right to march on International Women’s Day (08 March) to be protected. For its part, the city administration did not reply to the Aurat March organizers’ intimation of the upcoming event. In fact, the Additional Deputy Commissioner for Lahore …

By Inayat Amir Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court has restrained the capital police from arresting a human rights defender, a journalist, and Baloch students on sedition and criminal conspiracy charges. The court put on notice the secretaries of interior and human rights ministries, the capital’s chief commissioner, and top cop to appear before the court on Monday and justify the …

A special cultural and musical gala was held last week marking the conclusion of year-long festivities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan.

Art classes, sculpting, calligraphy, music, and even yoga psychotherapy are on offer by the Herat Online School.

the Swedish Academy pointed out Gurnah's "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents,"

Donors, govt officials deliberate strategy for effective implementation of 5-year TVET programme in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Officially, Covid-19 has killed over 4 million people. But it is undercounted and the actual toll is something around 15 to 18 million, writes The Economist in its latest exclusive report on the pandemic. Officially, covid-19 has killed around 4.5m people. But according to our own model, that is a dramatic undercount: we estimate that the actual death toll is …

Chief Court says all members have equal rights on development funds; disposes of a petition directs opposition members to approach SAC for early hearing of an identical case.

I offer my continuing condolences to the families of the passengers and crew, who have still to learn any details of their loved ones’ fate. I often wonder who among the standby passengers was given my seat (no doubt to their delight), thereby inadvertently trading their life for mine.

Being a woman biker isn't easy, especially in Pakistan. "There are a lot of areas that are safe for biking for women in Pakistan and a lot of areas that are not safe. It’s a mixed type of mindset that we have," she said. "Social media and education have led to some people broadening their minds but there are still barriers...Not a single day goes by when I don’t face harassment on the road, so street harassment is really common," says biker Samar Khan

They were part of the Garrett Madison multinational K2 Expedition 2021. High Asia Herald Special Islamabad, July 28: Twenty-one climbers, including three from Baltistan, scaled the ‘savage mountain’ on Tuesday. The 21 multinational climbers were part of the K2 Expedition 2021 led by Garret Christian Madison from the USA. The 21-member team made it to the summit at 5:43am, Khadim …

The most experienced and humble HAP from Shimshal climbed the savage mountain without supplemental oxygen. High Asia Herald Report Islamabad, July 28: Fazal Ali Shah, the three-time sumiteer of K2 attempted the savage mountain nine times but couldn’t break his own record on Tuesday.  The 42 years old is among the few climbers who have achieved such feats in the …

Waseem Altaf Writing textbooks for students who are in a formative stage is serious business. Errors and omissions on part of the writers due to lethargy, ignorance, or self-complacency are pardonable and can be corrected. However, when textbooks are written with the express aim of misguiding the pupils and indoctrinating adherence to the status quo, support for the regime in …

Shehroze Kashif becomes youngest Pakistani to summit K2 High Asia Report Gilgit: Shehroze Kashif became youngest Pakistani to summit K2 on Monday, media reports said. Shehroze Kashif in his tent at Basecamp. File photo by his team Two otger teams including four Hushe climbers also scaled the savage mountain on July 27. According to social media reports, Kashif, reached on …