Icons of the progressive writers
Saira Mujtaba talks to Raza Naeem about two leading lights of the Progressive Writers Association – who both passed away
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Ex-Afghan President Karmal who lived a secret life in a Czech forest
KRASLICE, (Czech Republic): In the winter of 1978-79, Afghanistan’s communist regime deployed a hit squad to find and kill Babrak
Read MoreTazeen Ahmad: award-winning journalist and broadcaster dies
Family and friends recall ‘her powerful ability to turn around people’s lives for the better’, reports The Guardian newspaper News
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The strange case of silent women
In conversations surrounding the ‘forced conversions’ of Hindu girls, the voices of the girls are missing ‘Forced conversions’ of young
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Unimagining Gilgit-Baltistan
The case of Gilgit-Baltistan is a clear manifestation of the failure of the political imagination of Pakistan’s ruling class by
Read MoreBook review: For aid effectiveness, better spending, localizing global SDGs needed
A new book highlights gaps between aid agencies and communities, the efficacy of aid in poverty reduction and human development
Read MoreThe agonies of daughters of Chitral
Innocent girls continually paying the price of cursed marriages without their consent By Suhail Ahmad Daughters, as the Quran
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Between hope and fear: stories of Uyghur, Kazakh minorities in Xinjiang
An estimated one million people, mostly Muslim minorities, are being held in detention centers across the Xinjiang region in China,
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Svitolina storms into semis of WTA finals
Defending champion Elina Svitolina stormed into the semi-finals of the season-ending WTA Finals after a commanding win over Simona Halep
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Karomber Lake — the jewel in Broghil’s crown
Bank of Karomber Lake. — Photo by author “My Love!I am the receding sunshine on the mountains,the running wind on
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Poetry is a journey mix of observations and fantasies
Young poet Humaira Amjad explains her poetry and motivation to come up with her book ‘Fixing’ with Shafqat Aziz The
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Youth, women drive spur social business growth in Pakistan: global poll
By Zofeen Ebrahim and Elena Berton KARACHI/LONDON, Oct 22: From turning organic waste into fertiliser to sharing farm equipment,
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10 inspiring Iranian poets and their verses
For centuries, Iran has been producing some of the world’s most influential and inspiring poets, whose works revolutionized the literature of
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Books: translating Central Asian literature
HAH Report Shelley Fairweather-Vega, a Seattle-based writer and translator. She translates literature from Russian and Uzbek languages into English.
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8 killed, 10 injured in Chitral road crash
By Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: At least eight people died and 10 others injured when a passenger van fell into
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