Islamabad: New edition of Adbiyat, the quarterly literary publication of Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has been published. The literary publication was unveiled on Tuesday at the Academy. Speaking on the occasion, PAL Chairman Junaid Akhlaq said the academy is trying its best to produce literary books which reflect the collective thoughts of Pakistani nation. The 119th volume of Adbiyat …
Madeeha Syed It’s only just the start of the summer mountaineering season in the Himalayas and the Karakoram and already our Pakistani climbers have made us proud. On May 14, Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani to ever summit Lhotse in Nepal. At 8,516m it’s the fourth highest mountain in the world. This 32-year-old budding mountaineer from Aliabad, Hunza in …
In a remote valley of Chitral, the conservation programme turns local women into artisans, helping them generate extra income. Shameem Ara, a housewife in remote Chitral valley, spends most of her leisure time drawing colourful decorative thread work on locally prepared handwoven Chitrali wool through embroidery. This helps her generate additional income to get her two children educated. Due to …
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Many readers will recognise that the title of this column is borrowed from an online marketplace that is increasingly popular in Pakistan. This refrain is emblematic of the ideas that dominate our society and world, ideas that most of us endorse uncritically on a daily basis. My question is: what’s the difference between the slogan ‘Bech de!’ …
The stories of murdered women are recorded with grim regularity in one and half inches of a single newspaper column Mohammed Hanif You can find the news about Pakistan’s war on women buried deep inside the metro pages of Urdu newspapers. I stumbled upon it a few years ago. I noticed that I could pick up my newspaper and almost …
Baam-e-Dunya/Herald Report GILGIT: Political circles and lawyers of Gilgit-Baltistan have expressed reservations about the appointment of top judge of the region. They rejected the decision of Prime Minister Imran Khan government and warned to launch a movement if it was not withdrawn. In a letter to the heads of all representative bodies of Gilgit-Baltistan lawyers former president of the Supreme …
Farman Baltistani SKARDU, May 2: A top army officer has said that ban on entry of tourists in restricted zones in Baltistan has been lifted to promote tourism in the region. “There were restricton on entry of domestic and foreign tourists in Kharmang, Tchorbat, Siachen, Gultary and Astore valleys which have now been lifted,” announced Force Commander Gilgit Baltistan Maj-General Ahsan …
Asif Naji, Shakir and Dilshad Wazir were arrested on Tuesday for raising voice in support of women who were protesting against water shortage in Skardu Herald Report Gilgit: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday quashed cases registered against a young lawyer and political activist under Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) at Skardu. The ATC judge ordered the police to produce Naji before …
Herald Report Islamabad, April 18: Gunmen ambushed a bus in the Makran Coastal Highway in Ormara area of Balochistan and shot dead 14 passengers early on Thursday, local and international media reported. It was unclear who was behind the shooting. Reports quoting Levies force sources said armed assailants in camouflage uniform reportedly stopped five or six buses travelling between Karachi and Gwadar. The …
Express solidarity with Mashal’s family, Jallianwala Bagh and Hazara carnage By Nusrat Hussain Rallies were held on April 13 in major cities of Pakistan for restoration of student unions, elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence and secularization of the curriculum to counter extremism, and hateful ideologies in educational institutes. Torch-bearing marches were also held Progressive political activists, academics, …
