How Can We Escape The Vicious Circle Of Poverty Of Ideas?
By Aziz Ali Dad Human being is not just a name given to a biological being with a body. In
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Opinion
Shisper glacier surge: societal impacts, interventions
By KOSAR BANO & CHIMI SELDON The Shisper Glacier surge blocking the proglacial Machuhar River, resulting in the formation of an ice-dammed
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Afghanistan: New Great Game in the heart of Asia
Regional powers are seeking to fill the vacuum left by the abrupt departure of the US and its Western allies.
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Christians & caste
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Christmas is hardly a big occasion in Pakistan. More than two million Pakistani Christians celebrate it guardedly,
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GB Council elections and Hunza
By Rizwan Qalandar The people of Gilgit-Baltistan, especially youth are lately seemed to be engaged in discussions on social media
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Uberisation of farmlands
In the name of saving the climate, big technological and agriculture firms and corporations will uberise farmlands
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Why Tajikistan is taking a stand against the Taliban
Tajikistan has no intention of getting into a direct confrontation with the Taliban. Rather, by taking a few more risks than its neighbours, the Tajik leadership is counting on boosting its popularity, both at home and abroad.
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Pakistan is facing an existential crisis
The UN’s IPCC report, warning of melting glaciers in Gilgit-Baltistan should be a wake-up call for Pakistan.
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Learning from Afghanistan
Pervez Hoodbhoy WHAT did Afghan kids study after Mullah Omar’s Taliban were ousted in 2001? What was their school curriculum
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Potential impacts of 5-star hotels on Hunza’s ecology
In Hunza where people are still struggling to have access to basic needs including water, sanitation, electricity, health and education luxury and hotels with high inventory will have disastrous outcomes
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Making Gilgit-Baltistan fifth province
The matter of granting provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan involves a contested political process with multifarious implications to the interests of stakeholders
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Take control of your knee pain
Knee pain is the most common health issue in mountain regions and urban centres alike. But simple home exercises and stretches can help ease some common types of knee pains.
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A war of liberation for Afghan women?
The euphemism of “collateral damage” encompassed bombing raids and cruise missile assassination strikes that killed civilians, meaning women and girls as well as men and boys. Berry quotes one critic of the war who argued that the alleged concern for women put a “feminist glow on some of the most brutal bombings.
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Afghan envoy says hold-out Panjshir province can resist Taliban rule
DUSHANBE, Aug 18: The Afghan ambassador to Tajikistan on Wednesday rejected Taliban rule of his country and said Panjshir province,
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Land struggles
Pakistan, where land developers of all stripes are facilitated by all mainstream political parties and the judiciary. Where sitting provincial and federal governments go to great lengths to point out how this rampant conversion of people’s livelihoods and shelter for profits of the few is a central plank of their development strategy. Where the laundered proceeds of real estate development are given safe passage and an ‘agreeable adjustment’, and where those resisting this injustice like activists of the Awami Workers Party, the Sindhi rights movements, and the farmers’ movements in Lahore and Sheikhupura, are subjected to repression, imprisonment, and coercion.
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