K2 is beginning to look a lot like Everest
When 145 climbers summited K2 in a single record-breaking day last week, it made the second-highest mountain in the world look more like Everest at its crowded worst.
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Pakistan
K2: 6 women achieve milestones in mountaineering
Pakistan’s Samina Baig and Naila Kiani, as well as Iranian Afsaneh Hesamifard, Lebanese-Arab Nelly Attar, Bangladesh’s Wasifa Nazreen and Stefi Torguet of Andorra stand on the second highest peak on earth. Over a dozen climbers reach the summit. Afghan climber dies of heart attack
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Why are glaciers melting at such a rapid rate?
Concerns as glaciers melt in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan is home to more than 7,000 glaciers, but rising global temperatures are causing them to melt rapidly.
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Naazir’s letter to father Rashad on his 90th birthday
Translated from the Urdu by Raza Naeem Firstly, congratulations on completing three-quarters of the century of your life. In this
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Three women set new records in mountaineering
Tseng Ko-Erh aka Grace Tseng from Taiwanese and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (Akita) become the first woman in their countries to conquer Nanga Parbat
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HKP: New Left party to strive for labourers’ rights
Haqooq-e-Khalq Party presents a charter of demand including Rs40,000 minimum wage for labourers; it will field labourers as its candidates in the local government and general elections.
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Women’s role in ecosystem restoration
by Ali Rehmat Shimshali Have you ever imagined progress of a society, or a nation without women? To answer this
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Suicide: the never-ending pandemic in GBC
By Rozina Parveen When the horrors of life outway the terrors of death a man commits suicide — Albert Camus
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Pakistan’s neoliberal state is a machine for plunder
Pakistani neoliberalism hasn’t rolled back state intervention in the economy. Building on a predatory tradition that dates back to British colonial rule, it has used state power to enforce the ruthless exploitation of Pakistan’s workers and natural resources.
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Documentary on Islamic extremism wins award
The 50-minute documentary titled “Islam’s Battle Within” gives a rare insight into the Jamia Haqqania Akora Khattak aka the “University of Jihad”, an ideological nerve centre of the Taliban and other splinter groups in Southeast Asia i.e. Jemaah Islamiyah
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The pied piper syndrome
We are faced with an intolerant generation that is self-righteous, hates dissent and wants everyone to think one way – which is their way. In short, we are reaping the fruits of the seeds we had sown ourselves in our classrooms and society at large. Today it is the misogynist, fascist Imran Khan, tomorrow it can be a right-wing extremist force which will use the same herd to its own advantage and ruin the already religiously intolerant and anti-women society.
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Pakistani media’s existential crisis
Pakistan’s media has been grappling with an existential crisis in recent years, with critical areas going from bad to worse. This includes a staggering two-fifths of media jobs — 8,000 out of 20,000 — being wiped out, partly because of lifeline public sector advertising having shrunk by over half, and a squeezed media economy that is drying up even private sector advertising.
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In a first, Haniya wins ATF championship
Haniya Minhas has made history yet again by defeating Tunisia’s No. 1 player, Zeineb Jaiez, 6-0, 6-0 in her final group match. She has made her country proud by achieving her position in the final 8 out of 24 finest females in the Tennis World Championship
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Undermining the people’s will
The book covers one manifestation of authoritarianism as defined by the author and follows a set structure. There is a historical overview — in some instances beginning from the colonial era — consisting of key events which illustrate the issue.
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Progressive forces urged to unite against capitalism, imperialism
News desk On the occasion of the International Day of Workers (May Day), the Awami Workers Party (AWP) has called
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