Pakistan’s youngest climber summits K2
It was a great day for the climbing community on Monday when Pakistan’s youngest climber Shehroze Kashif and four climbers
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ؓBook Launch: Hunza Matters
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.
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Sherpa dies on Everest while descending to camp 1
Pemba Tashi Sherpa, a young climbing guide of Nepal and five-time sumteer of Mount Everest, has fallen to death on thetallest peak of the world, becoming the third casualty of the season, Nepali and international media reported.
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Glacial lakes threaten millions with flooding as planet heats up
Millions of people in the Himalayan Hindukush, Karakoram and Pamir regions as well as other mountainous regions are facing vulnerability
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Tajik-Kyrgyz border clashes: thousands evacuated
At least 43 people were killed and thousands evacuated amid border clashes between Kyrgyz and Tajik forces on April 28-29.
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Manizha: Russia’s Tajik-born Eurovision hopeful
News Desk Manizha’s family came to Russia after fleeing civil war in Tajikistan, and now she will represent her adopted
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Asim Sajjad Akhtar FREEDOM is an extremely powerful idea, glorified by those who want it, reviled by those who want
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Read MoreK2 winter fiasco: Slovenian climber tells truth
Slovenian climber Tomaz Rotar shares his experiences and the chaotic unsuccessful bid to summit K2 in winter and the tragic
Read MoreTeachers and parents can reverse language shift
By Ghulam Amin Beg Global research into mother languages shows that changes in demography, migration, cross-culture marriages and the medium
Read MoreTourism recovery: harnessing power of culture, creativity
High Asia Herald Report Baltit Fort. File Photo Islamabad: Two world tourism and culture bodies have joined hands to produce
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Curriculum: position-making and enactment
By: Reshma P. Musofer Educational reforms and a ‘single-national curriculum’ have lately become a widely debated topic in Pakistan and
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Rural response to Covid-19
Mushtaq Ahmad There is a long history of global pandemic and epidemics, but there is also evidence that all these
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Polish climber falls to death, another rescued
by Abdullah Bai Islamabad: A climber from Poland has fallen to death at a mountain peak in Shimshal’s Ghujerav valley
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Xinjiang reopens outdoor scenic spots
China’s northwestern province resumes inter-provincial travel, and tours; flight booking surges by 120%. News Desk Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
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