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 …

High Asia Herald Report Pakistan’s youngest climber Shehroz Kashif and four climbers from Hushe Baltistan reached to the top of the second highest mountain of the world at 8:30am. It was great day for mountaineering community on Monday when Pakistan’s youngest climber Shehroz Kashif and four climbers from Hushe, Baltistan, successfully did summit K-2 at 8:30am. Shahroz reached to the …

Incorporation of the Hunza Valley into the British-Kashmirian realm followed a successful military intervention, control measures, and a strategy aiming to establish an indirect rule. The colonial project has significantly affected living conditions in the Hunza Valley until today.

At least 43 people were killed and thousands evacuated amid border clashes between Kyrgyz and Tajik forces on April 28-29. There have been a series of similar clashes in recent years. Fighting again broke out along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. This time, the intensity of the battles was far worse and more widespread than anything seen before. Photo: RFE/RL Also see: …

By Sher Zaman It was a chilly morning of March 2021 at the busy Gahkuch Bazaar. The bazaar here opens early at dawn and closes at dusk. Young Hidayatullah* has opened his general store in the heart of the bazaar. He was looking forward to a usual day before he would retire to his shared room with several other traders …

News Desk Manizha’s family came to Russia after fleeing civil war in Tajikistan, and now she will represent her adopted country at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Also see: https://www.rferl.org/embed/player/0/31144071.html?type=video Manizha’s unlikely journey to the finals in Rotterdam has also included social activism and a role as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. RFE/RL’s Tajik Service

Asim Sajjad Akhtar FREEDOM is an extremely powerful idea, glorified by those who want it, reviled by those who want to keep status quo intact. We Pakistanis have a particular affinity with the word. Most of us relate viscerally to chants of ‘azadi’ whenever they ring out in Jammu, Kashmir or Ladakh, on account of the state’s public patronage. Yet …

BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan): Activist Altyn Kapalova says she broke “patriarchic norms” in Kyrgyzstan by giving her three children “middle names” that derive from her own first name. The matronymics on the children’s new birth certificates replaced the traditional patronymics that originated from their fathers’ first names. Kapalova, 37, also gave her children — who are five, 10, and 15 years old …