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December 25, 2020August 15, 2022 thehighasia

Abductions in UAE: Shia families fall into a despair

by Asad Raza Gokal Since September 2020, when the UAE struck with Israel a deal on normalizing relations, alarm bells

December 9, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

Bargain: NAB court accepts Salim Khan’s plea

High Asia Report GILGIT: An accountability court on Tuesday accepted the plea bargain application of Salim Khan, a former member

November 27, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

Are we out of our minds?

Raza Gillani Why have we spent the last four years, presumably the most crucial time of our lives, organising at

November 24, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

Five more prisoners of conscience freed today

Of the total 14 political prisoners, 10 have been so far freed in three phases. AWP leader Baba Jan, Iftikhar

November 5, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

Gilgit-Baltistan — a land of unknowns

Amir Hussain It might have been a chilly Saturday with clouds of victory hovering over the defence lines of Gilgit

November 1, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

Editorial: seven decades of disenfranchisement

More than 73 years since its independence, Gilgit-Baltistan remains subject to barely disguised colonial rule to await genuine enfranchisement. While

October 15, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

Hunza, Nager: forgotten for accession to Pakistan

By Ajmal Masood The territory of Gilgit-Baltistan until the seventies had been comprised of clusters of autonomous princely states including

October 10, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

Free Baba Jan slogan echoes across GB, Pakistan

By Amir Roshan A massive protest joined by mourners on the occasion of Chehlum of the martyrs of Karbala at

October 8, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

Hunza is waking up!

Rizwan K. Qalandar Baba Jan’s father (R) Bahadur Jan and counsel Ehsan Ali Advocate at the sit-in at Aliabad Hunza.

October 7, 2020August 18, 2022 thehighasia

AWP expresses solidarity with Shahab, family

News Desk AWP deputy secretary Ismat Shahjehan, Usman Gujjar, Sher Rehman, and Sayed Alam offer condolences to Shahab Khattak on

October 5, 2020August 19, 2022 thehighasia

Major parties in a fix over poll boycott demand

Family members, AWPGB call for polls boycott in GBLA-6 if Baba Jan and 11 other prisoners were not released High

September 29, 2020August 20, 2022 thehighasia

End sexual violence as a war tactic: Nobel laureate

High Asia Herald Report Pakistan ranks the sixth most dangerous country in the world for women, with an alarming rise

September 24, 2020August 20, 2022 thehighasia

A case for participatory governance in G-B

By Ghulam Amin Beg The old Indian narrative on Jammu and Kashmir of a democratic dispensation, constitutionally guaranteed local autonomy

September 23, 2020May 16, 2021 thehighasia

Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan on Nov 15

General elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) will be held on November 15, according to a summary moved by the government and approved by President Arif Alvi. The notification comes amid a plethora of rumours in power corridors on the constitutional status of the disputed region triggering a debate in mainstream and social media.