Learning from Afghanistan
Pervez Hoodbhoy WHAT did Afghan kids study after Mullah Omar’s Taliban were ousted in 2001? What was their school curriculum
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Tourism & plastic pollution: winners of Students’ League contest announced
This year the Global UNWTO Students’ League competition focused on addressing the issue of plastics pollution within the sector, as well as maximizing tourism’s contributions to rural development.
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Potential impacts of 5-star hotels on Hunza’s ecology
In Hunza where people are still struggling to have access to basic needs including water, sanitation, electricity, health and education luxury and hotels with high inventory will have disastrous outcomes
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Ancient megaliths of the Yasin Valley
Megalithic graves or stone circles are found in all four tehsils – Punial, Ishkoman, Gupis and Yasin of the district. A few published reports and articles mention the megalithic graves in Yasin, Gupis, Iskhoman and Upper Gakhuch.
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Hunza on fire
By: Ashab Baig Commercial greed, unplanned construction and unregulated tourism are defacing the natural beauty of Hunza. HAH Photo My
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Making Gilgit-Baltistan fifth province
The matter of granting provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan involves a contested political process with multifarious implications to the interests of stakeholders
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Take control of your knee pain
Knee pain is the most common health issue in mountain regions and urban centres alike. But simple home exercises and stretches can help ease some common types of knee pains.
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Team at Nilt to start rescue operation at Rakaposhi
As the rescue team waits for the helicopter, communication has been re-established with the three climbers stranded at Rakaposhi for the last three days.
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For Afghan students, new orders cut contact between peers
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, marked on August 15, has prompted a sequence of pushbacks on the rights and regular movements of citizens, especially women who, as they anticipated, are facing multiple threats to political representation, education and public work.
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A war of liberation for Afghan women?
The euphemism of “collateral damage” encompassed bombing raids and cruise missile assassination strikes that killed civilians, meaning women and girls as well as men and boys. Berry quotes one critic of the war who argued that the alleged concern for women put a “feminist glow on some of the most brutal bombings.
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Anti-Taliban protests erupt in Afghanistan
People fly the country’s national flag in defiance of the new rule; Taliban shoot three people dead, injure dozens High
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Buddruss: an embodiment of scholarly commitment
By Aziz Ali Dad I just received sad news from Germany that Professor Dr Georg Buddruss an internationally acclaimed scholar
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Adeeba murder case: plea filed in court for bail cancellation of accused
The government has filed a plea in a court for cancellation of bail of the prime accused in the Adeeba murder case amid protests in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan and other cities seeking justice for the victim and an end to rising incidents of suicide and violence against women in the mountainous societies.
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Tajik militants in control of Badakhshan’s five border districts
In Afghanistan, Arsalon and other Tajik militants are known as the “Tajik Taliban.” But in reality, they are members of Jamaat Ansarullah, which is banned in Tajikistan as a terrorist group.
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‘Art can breathe life in society’
Karim Ahmed Khan, a young artist from GB, wins Arjumand Painting Award 2021 by Farman Ali Artists, members of
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