Contextualizing rural development
In this essay, Amir Hussain critiques the so-called Green Revolution, its myths of rural transformation in the Global South with
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Pakistan
TMA officials in Chitral awaiting salaries for 3 months
By Gul Hammad Farooqi CHITRAL: As the fear of the people of Chitral rises due to the spike in coronavirus
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One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years: study
Scorching heat will envelop 185m people in Pakistan; human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed,
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AWPGB donates PPEs to doctors in Gilgit-Baltistan
AWPGB arranged 200 PPEs through its #CoronaSolidarityCampaign for health workers serving in remote areas Bureau Report GILGIT: Awami Workers Party
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Pakistan’s fight against corona mars its drive to eradicate polio
Pakistan’s long battle to eradicate the crippling poliovirus has been thwarted by militant attacks, radical Islamic clerics, and anti-vaccination propaganda.
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Rethinking education and social justice in Gilgit-Baltistan
While Covid-19 has busted the myth of success and efficiency of the market economy and governance with the failing façade
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Pakistan’s human rights record worrisome: HRCP
Covid-19 pandemic affecting human rights, weakest segments of society invisible and unheard, notes HRCP in its flagship report High Asia
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‘Are we animals?’: migrants bear brunt of lockdown
Migrant workers in India, Pakistan and Nepal are crushed by poverty as earnings come to an abrupt halt in the
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Pakistan’s younger women riding a digital wave in drive for better jobs
When Kainat Naz joined a women-friendly technology boot camp a year ago, she had no idea it would completely change
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Covid-19 and misinformation
“O you who believe! if a person of bad characters brings you any news, verify it, lest you should harm
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Outrage on preacher’s misogynistic remarks against women
Political, social, human rights activists condemn Maulana Tariq Jameel for insulting 220m people, women and media High Asia Herald
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Imran Khan sidelined by military during coronavirus outbreak
Pakistan prime minister’s halting approach has left a gap for the army to step in and orchestrate policy, says a
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COVID-19 and mental health challenges
Mental health is still considered a taboo in Pakistan Aleena Khan & Wajid Islam All over the world, mental
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Rare footage of lynx hunting markhor in Chitral
High Asia Herald Report The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Wildlife Department team and a WWF-Pakistan’s filmmaker captured a Himalayan lynx
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Govt asked to withdraw deal with clerics, enforce complete lockdown
Doctors, WHO, and HRCP warn the government against the spike in Coronavirus cases if religious congregations allowed High Asia
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