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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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Call for a rational debate on death penalty

By thehighasia
October 10, 2022
in :  Human Rights, Judiciary, Law, Pakistan, Society
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Death penalty

There is a need for a rational debate on the death penalty involving scholars, jurists, academia, civil society and human rights defenders and legislation on the scope of the President’s powers to grant pardons to resolve the ambiguities created by the rulings of the superior courts.

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Sports fest organised for Chitral jail inmates, staff

By thehighasia
October 9, 2022
in :  Chitral, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, Society, Sports
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Sports Fest

The two-day events aimed at providing entertainment and engaging 90 prisoners including four women in healthy activities By Gul Hamaad Farooqi Chitral: A two-day sports festival was organized for the Chitral District Jail inmates for the first time in the history of the region. There are 90 prisoners, including four women. The sports event was organized by District Sports Officer …

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Private charity: just another scam for 1% rich

By thehighasia
July 23, 2022
in :  Civil society, Economy, Money Laundering, Opinion, Philanthropy, Social work, Socialism, Society, US
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Charity

We were told that the generosity of the rich would make up for cuts to government services. But those at the top are increasingly using dubious “charitable” ventures as vehicles for profit and influence. Institute for Policy Studies' report Gilded Giving 2022: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy, charitable giving is more dominated than ever by those at the top of the income and wealth pyramid.

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Afghan women’s woes

By thehighasia
July 16, 2022
in :  Afghanistan, Central Asia, Education, extremism, Human Rights, People, Politics, Society, Tajikistan, Women
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Afghan women's woes

In addition to needing a male chaperone to go places within the war-torn country, women are now required to bring a male family member with them if they hope to study abroad.

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Race, culture, terrorism and ‘deep structures’

By thehighasia
July 11, 2022
in :  Climate Change, Conflict, Culture, Democracy, Ecology, Education, Europe, extremism, History, Nationalism, People, Politics, Race, Society, Taliban, US, World
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Interview

Akbar Ahmad and Noam Chomsky examine examine issues of race in America which engender different forms of violence and terrorism. While race is on the surface of society, understanding how it related to society’s deeper structures can help make sense of it. It is the failure to tackle race issues that is partly responsible for the turbulence in contemporary American society.

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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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What’s fueling Chitral’s high rate of suicide cases?

By thehighasia
June 14, 2022
in :  Chitral, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Society
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Anomie

For years, suicide cases in Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan have been haunting the mountain communities, but a fresh wave of suicides has left them baffled. Ahmad Faraz sheds light on the issue with a nuanced understanding of the local milieu.

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Suicide: the never-ending pandemic in GBC

By thehighasia
June 12, 2022
in :  Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Health, Human Rights, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, Society
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Suicide

By Rozina Parveen When the horrors of life outway the terrors of death a man commits suicide — Albert Camus Suicide cases are on the rise in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. According to media reports in Pakistan 20 people, mostly female, aged between 15 and 35 years, take their lives every day. According to studies and survey reports, there has been …

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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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Christians & caste

By thehighasia
December 24, 2021
in :  Human Rights, Opinion, Pakistan, People, Religion, Slider, Society
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Christmas

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Christmas is hardly a big occasion in Pakistan. More than two million Pakistani Christians celebrate it guardedly, with few from the Muslim majority joining them. Government officials issue cut-and-paste statements and put up a Christmas tree or two in public places, and then return to the business of lending legitimacy to majoritarianism. Indeed, Christians in this country …

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On defining Muslim

By thehighasia
November 15, 2021
in :  extremism, Pakistan, Slider, Society
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Islamic Nationalism

by Waseem Altaf Since the Muslims of the South Asian sub-continent were divided into ethnic, linguistic, cultural, provincial and class lines, the only thread available to the makers of the state of Pakistan was religion which was used to form the basis of a separate national identity. To further strengthen the role of Islamic nationalism, the “Objectives Resolution” was adopted …

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For Afghan students, new orders cut contact between peers

By thehighasia
September 7, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Conflict, Education, extremism, Politics, Religion, Slider, Society, Women
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Taliban dress code

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?

By thehighasia
August 27, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Conflict, extremism, Features, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Slider, Society, Women
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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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Tajik buzkashi horsewoman breaks barriers

By thehighasia
June 17, 2021
in :  Arts & Culture, Central Asia, Features, Latest News, Slider, Society, Sports, Tajikistan, Women
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Buzkashi

Tajik rider Malika Rajabova is used to being the only woman on the field when she plays buzkashi, a Central Asian sport in which competitors on horseback fight to grab a goat carcass.

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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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