Climate activist donates $100,000 to support children during pandemic
Greta Thunberg has donated the money she won from a Danish foundation to the UN Children’s Fund Swedish climate
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Urumqi’s Grand Bazaar enters peak season
News Desk Holiday spirits are back in Urumqi’s International Grand Bazaar. More than 60,000 visited the bazaar on Friday, as
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Tajikistan bans Russified surnames
Lawmakers in a move to revive traditional names approve a bill banning identification documents containing Russified surname News Desk DUSHANBE:
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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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Irrfan Khan: a powerhouse talent gone too soon
He was one of Indian cinema’s finest actors and among its most successful exports to Hollywood. He had only just begun,
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Polls: SC puts Gilgit-Baltistan govt on notice
Herald Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday put on notice the advocate general and government of Gilgit-Baltistan on
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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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‘Afghan women with disabilities face discrimination’
News Desk Disabled women in Afghanistan have complained of widespread discrimination they suffer in their country, which has one of
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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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There’s still hope for Karakoram climbing in 2020
News Desk As some countries start to see light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel and authorities struggle to
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Prayers in mosques while corona outbreak
By Mesum Qasmi Insistence on offering prayers in mosques during the pandemic, knowing you can contract a virus and spread
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Artwork depicting Hopar valley’s biodiversity, life on auction
Painting ‘Maintain the biodiversity of magnificent Hopar Valley’ by Tahir Bilal Umii. Credit: Gallry6 Gallery6 takes initiative to provide relief
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Mashal Khan: Lighting a flame in our hearts by losing his life
by Aurangzaib Khan https://twitter.com/i/status/1249731834294030339 Days before Mashal Khan’s death, his mother Syeda Bibi had a nightmare. She saw him
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