Gilgit-Baltistan — a land of unknowns
Amir Hussain It might have been a chilly Saturday with clouds of victory hovering over the defence lines of Gilgit
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Editorial: seven decades of disenfranchisement
More than 73 years since its independence, Gilgit-Baltistan remains subject to barely disguised colonial rule to await genuine enfranchisement. While
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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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Hunza, Nager: forgotten for accession to Pakistan
By Ajmal Masood The territory of Gilgit-Baltistan until the seventies had been comprised of clusters of autonomous princely states including
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Free Baba Jan slogan echoes across GB, Pakistan
By Amir Roshan A massive protest joined by mourners on the occasion of Chehlum of the martyrs of Karbala at
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Hunza is waking up!
Rizwan K. Qalandar Baba Jan’s father (R) Bahadur Jan and counsel Ehsan Ali Advocate at the sit-in at Aliabad Hunza.
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‘Men will be men’ versus ‘my body my right’
By Sana Basim ‘Men will be men’ and ‘my body my right’. These are the most famous slogans of our
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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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‘Corruption virus is more harmful than Corona’
High Asia Herald Report GILGIT: Pakistan’s top anti-graft body has urged youth and artists to join forces in the fight
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End sexual violence as a war tactic: Nobel laureate
High Asia Herald Report Pakistan ranks the sixth most dangerous country in the world for women, with an alarming rise
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A case for participatory governance in G-B
By Ghulam Amin Beg The old Indian narrative on Jammu and Kashmir of a democratic dispensation, constitutionally guaranteed local autonomy
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Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan on Nov 15
General elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) will be held on November 15, according to a summary moved by the government and approved by President Arif Alvi. The notification comes amid a plethora of rumours in power corridors on the constitutional status of the disputed region triggering a debate in mainstream and social media.
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Strengthen immunization coverage: experts
$6.5m Third-Party Verification Immunization Coverage Survey was conducted to assess gaps and bottlenecks in Pakistan’s immunization programme High Asia Herald
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A separate regulatory body for optometry sought
High Asia Herald Report Islamabad: The office-bearers of the Pakistan Optometry and Vision Sciences Association (POVSA) and Pakistan Optometric Society
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Motorway rape case: protests across Pakistan
High Asia Herald Report The gang-rape of a woman in front of her children after dragging her from her car
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