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Burushaski script accepted, primer launched

By thehighasia
February 2, 2023
in :  Arts & Culture, Culture, Education, Gilgit-Baltistan, Hunza, Literature, Nagar, People, Race
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Burushaski script

News Desk Islamabad: The script of Burushaski, one of the most unique and endangered languages of Gilgit-Baltistan has been officially recognized. A primer of the Perso-Arabic script with Roman characters was formally launched at the National Curriculum Council secretariat in the federal capital on Tuesday (January 31). Dr Mueezuddin Hakal an Assistant Professor at the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilization, …

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Chitral: Oveer Lasht residents live in constant fear

By thehighasia
August 7, 2022
in :  Chitral, Climate Change, Disaster, Ecology, Features, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, People, Slider
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GLOF Risk

By Gul Hameed Farooqui A beautiful view of Oveer Lasht Valley in Upper Chitral now facing climate-change-induced danger. Photo by Gul Hamaad Farooqui/HAH Daniyal visited his scenic valley Oveer Lasht nestled in the Hindu Kush Mountains to enjoy summer vacations with peace of mind and enjoy its tranquillity escaping the humid and scorching hot weather of Karachi. But to his …

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Afghan women’s woes

By thehighasia
July 16, 2022
in :  Afghanistan, Central Asia, Education, extremism, Human Rights, People, Politics, Society, Tajikistan, Women
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Afghan women's woes

In addition to needing a male chaperone to go places within the war-torn country, women are now required to bring a male family member with them if they hope to study abroad.

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Naazir’s letter to father Rashad on his 90th birthday

By thehighasia
July 11, 2022
in :  Features, History, Intellectuals, Literature, Marxism, Pakistan, People, Socialism
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Revolutionary

Translated from the Urdu by Raza Naeem Firstly, congratulations on completing three-quarters of the century of your life. In this three-quarters of a century, you have seen countless ups and downs on a personal, social, national and international level, and also made us able to see and comprehend them. There are several such examples in which parents wrote different types …

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Race, culture, terrorism and ‘deep structures’

By thehighasia
July 11, 2022
in :  Climate Change, Conflict, Culture, Democracy, Ecology, Education, Europe, extremism, History, Nationalism, People, Politics, Race, Society, Taliban, US, World
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Interview

Akbar Ahmad and Noam Chomsky examine examine issues of race in America which engender different forms of violence and terrorism. While race is on the surface of society, understanding how it related to society’s deeper structures can help make sense of it. It is the failure to tackle race issues that is partly responsible for the turbulence in contemporary American society.

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In a first, Haniya wins ATF championship

By thehighasia
May 8, 2022
in :  Pakistan, People, Slider, Sport News, Sports
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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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Aijaz Ahmad, a Marxist philosopher passes away

By thehighasia
March 10, 2022
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Obituary

News Desk Aijaz Ahmad, a world-renowned Marxist philosopher and political commentator, passed away at his California residence on Tuesday (March 9). He was hospitalised for age-related ailments and had returned home only a few days ago.  Aijaz Ahmad was a literary theorist and in 2017 joined Irvine School of Humanities at California University where he served as a Professor in the Department …

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Scholar, media historian Mehdi Hasan’s death condoled

By Inayat Amir
February 24, 2022
in :  Education, History, Human Rights, Literature, Media, People
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His teaching career spanned 50 years, during which he served as the dean of journalism and mass communication at Beaconhouse National University.

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The musings of Zarathustra

By thehighasia
February 23, 2022
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Musings of Zarathustha

by Aziz Ali Dad Zarathustra was musing outside his hut situated deep in the mountains. He was besotted by demons within. They appeared in the shape of ideas. In sheer desperation, he wanted to keep his being away from himself. But every attempt of self-alienation has taken him close to the questions that arise from the inner recesses of the …

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Award-winning artists paint contemporary issues

By thehighasia
January 29, 2022
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The national biennale “Arjumand Painting Award”, perhaps the first-ever initiative by any private gallery, which presents substantial cash prizes to recognize emerging artists who possess distinguished talent in painting

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Evolution of Central Asian jewellery art

By thehighasia
January 26, 2022
in :  Arts & Culture, Central Asia, Features, Heritage, High Asia Region, Kyrgyzstan, Lifestyle, People, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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Zargari

In Central Asia, the art of jewellery is far from forgotten. Across the region, jewellers create beautiful works of art that call to mind the masterpieces produced in the century.

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Google honours activist with doodle on birthday

By thehighasia
January 22, 2022
in :  Development, extremism, Human Rights, People, Terrorism, Women
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Tribute to Perween Rahman

News Desk Google has honoured Pakistani slain social activist, architect, and urban planner Perween Rahman on her 65th birth anniversary. She devoted her life to uplifting marginalised communities, says a statement by Google. The name Perween Rahman will always be synonymous with Karachi’s katchi abadis, where she worked closely with communities to improve their quality of life through simple yet sustainable …

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Christians & caste

By thehighasia
December 24, 2021
in :  Human Rights, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Religion, Slider, Society
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Christmas

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Christmas is hardly a big occasion in Pakistan. More than two million Pakistani Christians celebrate it guardedly, with few from the Muslim majority joining them. Government officials issue cut-and-paste statements and put up a Christmas tree or two in public places, and then return to the business of lending legitimacy to majoritarianism. Indeed, Christians in this country …

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Kazakhstan: discoveries made about Saka people

By thehighasia
December 22, 2021
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Saka People

Recent excavations in eastern Kazakhstan have led to important discoveries about the ancient Saka people. The excavations reveal that permafrost has preserved treasures for over 2,700 years. But changing climatic conditions are a risk to further revelations, writes Natalie Taylor in the thirdpole.net by Natalie Taylor A recreation of a horse’s ceremonial burial harness. Horses were central to Saka culture …

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M.Ziauddin — the last of the Mohicans

By thehighasia
November 30, 2021
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Obituary

Ziauddin sahib has managed the nearly impossible: to maintain a blemish-free record throughout despite skirmishes with the high and mighty, including the once all-powerful General Pervez Musharraf

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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