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Women’s right to property and inheritance in Hunza

By thehighasia
December 15, 2022
in :  Ecology, Feminism, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Legal, Opinion, Slider, Society
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women's right to inheritance in Hunza

by Rozina Ahmed Debate over women’s right to property and inheritance in Pakistan, in general, and in Gilgit-Baltistan, in particular, is commonplace in mainstream media, social media, and political circles. Although women’s right to property and inheritance is mandated by Islamic Shariah as well as the Constitution of Pakistan, it is rarely honored in practice. Even in regions where the …

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ECP disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan

By thehighasia
October 22, 2022
in :  Corruption, Crime, Latest, National, Pakistan, Politics, Slider
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Toshakhana case

A PTI supporter scuffles with a police officer. Dawn The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a landmark decision on Friday disqualified ousted prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case and barred him from holding public office. The ECP in a unanimous decision found Khan guilty of “corrupt practices” and disqualified him from being a member of parliament. The …

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‘Protect rights of journalists, media workers

By thehighasia
September 23, 2022
in :  High Asia Region, Human Rights, Law, Media, Pakistan, Slider, Women
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Media workers rights

Participants of an awareness session demand a new legal framework for digital and electronic media journalists and workers and; updating of existing laws for print media.

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GilgitApp: a startup making its mark in eCommerce

By thehighasia
September 18, 2022
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ECommerce

Through GilgitApp, you can buy and sell a wide range of products, including cars, motorbikes, mobile phones, laptops, home appliances, rent a property and pets.

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Call for an end to enforced disappearances

By thehighasia
September 4, 2022
in :  Crime, Human Rights, New, Pakistan, Politics, Slider
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Discussion

Senator Farhatullah Babar says a new instrument of law to redefine the mandate of ISI and to bring the intelligence agencies under the ambit of the constitution to tackle the issue.

It should also provide guarantees that those deprived of liberty are kept at a fully authorized place of detention, provide protection to victims, their families and witnesses and also compensation to them.

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Man-made catastrophe

By thehighasia
August 26, 2022
in :  Biodiversity, Climate Change, Development, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Ranges, Karakoram Ranges, Opinion, Pakistan, Slider
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Disaster

The scale, scope and spread of the 2022 floods have surpassed the super floods of 2010. The monsoon rains have created unprecedented havoc in all regions of the country stretching from Gilgit-Baltistan and KP to Sindh, southern Punjab and Balochistan.

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Another feather in the cap of Kashif Shehroze

By thehighasia
August 8, 2022
in :  Climbing, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Karakoram Ranges, Latest News, Mountaineering, Slider, Sports
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Youngest climber on G-II

Kashif Shehroze aka Broadboy on Aug 8, 2022 became the youngest climber in the world to summit Gasherbrum-II mountain.

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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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K2: 6 women achieve milestones in mountaineering

By thehighasia
July 23, 2022
in :  Climbing, Gilgit-Baltistan, Hunza, Karakoram Ranges, Mountaineering, Nagar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Slider, Sports, Tourism, Women
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women-climbers

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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Three women set new records in mountaineering

By thehighasia
July 6, 2022
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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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Call for declaring mental health emergency in GB

By thehighasia
June 21, 2022
in :  Crime, Domestic Violence, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Health, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Hunza, Slider, Society, WHO
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Ghizer Youth Maraka

Participants of Ghizer Youth Maraka blast successive governments for their failure and apathy in addressing the issue

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Pakistani media’s existential crisis

By thehighasia
May 8, 2022
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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

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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Shisper glacier surge: societal impacts, interventions

By thehighasia
March 11, 2022
in :  Climate Change, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Hunza, Karakoram Ranges, Opinion, Slider, Women
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Glacier surge

By KOSAR BANO & CHIMI SELDON The Shisper Glacier surge blocking the proglacial Machuhar River, resulting in the formation of an ice-dammed lake Photo: PMD, GBDMA/ICIMOD/HAH Mountain communities are living with the risks and impacts of steady glacial surges, vagaries of weather patterns and increased incidences of cryosphere-related hazards. The impacts of these hazards are not just limited to the destruction of …

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IWD: GB women striving for social justice, rights

By thehighasia
March 8, 2022
in :  Domestic Violence, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Slider, Society, Women
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IWWD2022

by Kosar Bano, Dr Reshma Parveen, & Rozina Ahmed International Working Women’s Day (IWWD) is celebrated every year on March 8 to claim public spaces, highlight women’s struggle for equal rights in political, social, economic, and cultural spheres and recognize their achievements around the World. In Pakistan, various feminist and women’s rights organizations have been celebrating IWWD for many years …

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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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