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Of a lesser God

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1 week ago
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By Asim Sajjad Akhtar BALOCHISTAN bleeds again. Yet another episode of gruesome brutality against Hazaras — coal miners no less — has brought yet another protest movement into existence. Yesterday it was the death of a Baloch daughter of the soil on foreign shores, tomorrow it will be a Pashtun man falling prey to the Taliban or their makers. Khurram …

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Are Hazaras victims or blackmailers?

By thehighasia
2 weeks ago
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 by Naveed Toshi The handsome and smart woke up late in the evening to meet the producer of Diriliş: Ertuğrul, the popular Turkish television series on the glory of the Ottoman Empire. IK was reportedly full of praise for the drama because it has depicted how Turkish Muslims made history by creating an empire fighting Mongols, Christian Byzantines and the …

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AWP leaders express solidarity with Shahab Khattak, family

By thehighasia
October 7, 2020
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Leaders of AWP, other parties have condemned the brutal murder of Professor Naeemuddin Khattak, a progressive academic in broad daylight in Peshawar and expressed solidarity with his family. The noted teacher was shot dead by unknown assailants on October 5 while he was leaving for home from his college. A delegation of the Awami Workers Party Party led by Deputy …

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CJP takes notice of video clip threatening Justice Isa

By thehighasia
June 25, 2020
in :  Crime, Democracy, extremism, Latest, Latest News, Law, Legal, Pakistan, Slider, Terrorism
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Civil society organisations condemn video incitement to murder Herald Report Islamabad: Pakistan’s top judge on Thursday took notice of a video clip containing derogatory, and scandalous language against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and politicians. In the viral video, a man identified as Agha Iftikharuddin Mirza can be seen giving threats to the Supreme Court judge. “The [CJP] has taken notice …

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Gilgit: All services at PHQ hospital suspended

By thehighasia
May 21, 2020
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, Health, High Asia Region, Latest, Latest News, Pandemic, Slider, Terrorism
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The main hospital in Gilgit ransacked, medical staff manhandled by relatives of a corona patient who died at the hospital    Bureau Report GILGIT: The doctors and paramedical staff have demanded stern action against the persons who attacked the of Provincial Headquarter Hospital in the capital city of GB, ransacked the main health facility and damaged ambulance and other vehicles …

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German police arrest four Tajiks suspected of plotting terrorist attack

By thehighasia
April 16, 2020
in :  Central Asia, Crime, Europe, extremism, High Asia Region, Latest, Religion, Slider, Terrorism, US, World
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The suspects are said to be members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group   News Desk Germany has detained five suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group alleged to be planning an attack on US military facilities and an unidentified individual. Prosecutors said four of the suspects — all from Tajikistan — were arrested early on April …

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Mashal Khan: Lighting a flame in our hearts by losing his life

By thehighasia
April 14, 2020
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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 standing by a tower about to collapse. It crashed, burying him alive. But this being a mother’s nightmare, the son rose up from beneath the concrete rubble, unscathed. She held him close and said, unbelievingly, “You’re alive?” seeking his confirmation …

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Sacred savagery

By thehighasia
April 13, 2020
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Ismat Shahjehan, president Women Democratic Front holding Mashal Khan’s portrait and other activists at the Student Solidarity March at Islamabad on Friday.–Photo by PrSF by Waseem Altaf   Mashal Khan was my friend on Facebook and would often ask me to recommend him books for reading. He was lynched to death by a group of religious fanatics on this day …

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Competing presidential oaths plunge Afghanistan deeper into crisis

By thehighasia
March 9, 2020
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Afghanistan has descended into a full-blown political crisis after the two main contenders in a bitterly disputed presidential election — each claiming victory — were sworn in as president in rival ceremonies. President Ashraf Ghani, the officially declared winner of the vote, was sworn in for a second term by the country’s chief justice in Kabul on March 9. Abdullah Abdullah, …

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Taliban, US sign peace deal

By thehighasia
February 29, 2020
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The peace deal was signed after 18 months of talks in Doha Sorin Furcoi Al Jazeera] Peace deal signed in Qatari capital, Doha, will pave the way for the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan within 14 months   Doha, Qatar: The US and the Taliban have signed a landmark peace agreement after nearly 20 years of war that could …

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Tajikistan seeks extradition of fighters, recruiters for IS

By thehighasia
February 4, 2020
in :  Central Asia, extremism, High Asia Region, Latest, Terrorism
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  RFE/RL   Four Islamic State (IS) extremists that Dushanbe is trying to extradite from Syria include Tajik militants linked to dozens of terrorist attacks and a notorious online propaganda campaign aimed at recruiting fighters to the IS. The Prosecutor-General’s Office in Dushanbe says Tajik authorities “have established” that Parviz Saidrahmonov and Tojiddin Nazarov are currently being held at “prisons …

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In conversation with Chomsky: Intellectuals, imperialism and human nature

By thehighasia
January 16, 2020
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The criticism of Western policy by the so-called free press within narrow bounds has subtle effect of imposing the hegemonic doctrine of imperialism, serves the western dominant intellectual culture and its institutions, says Prof Noam Chomsky

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Japanese doctor among 6 killed in Afghan gun attack

By thehighasia
December 5, 2019
in :  Afghanistan, Crime, Health, Latest, Pakistan, People, Slider, Terrorism
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Dr Tetsu Nakamora was widely respected for his humanitarian work, who devoted his career to improving the lives of the poor Afghans

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Attack on Dawn: mobs are a recipe for chaos and anarchy

By thehighasia
December 3, 2019
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One may disagree with another’s point of view, but threatening violence or restricting the movement of anyone is criminal act unacceptable in a civilised society, says Umer Farooq while commenting on the attack and besieging of Dawn’s offices in Islamabad and Karachi.

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Former Yazidi slave confronts her IS rapist on TV

By thehighasia
December 3, 2019
in :  Crime, Human Rights, Latest, Terrorism, Women
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She met him as a ‘refugee’ in German street, reports Russian.TV channel RT Kidnapped and sold into slavery at 14, one former Yazidi sex slave finally had the chance to confront her brutal Islamic State (IS) captor in a heartwrenching moment that has gone viral. Her story also had a disturbing European twist. Standing before her abuser, Ashwaq Haji Hamid demanded answers, while …

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By Neelum Wali The word COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease. Formerly, this disease was …

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Features & Opinion

Women disconnected

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Unwarranted abductions in UAE: Shia families fall into a further despair

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Mountains matter for biodiversity

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Tehran, Kabul open first rail link

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Literature

State Sovereignty Within Borders and in the External Sphere

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How capitalism drives cancel culture

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Mubarak Wakhani: the Leonardo da Vinci of Yamga

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Book: Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh

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The Pamirian Languages: Between Past and Future

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Google celebrates Manto’s birthday with a doodle

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May 11, 2020

Remembering Antonio Gramsci

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Pandemic and poetry

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Masculinity, media and madness

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March 18, 2020

Art’s relationship with power

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Kazakh, Kyrgyz nomads under Soviet rule

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Frida Kahlo was a captivating subject for photographers

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Mrinal Sen’s films rejected political apathy

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The graveyard talks back –I

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Pakistan’s literary saboteur at 100 – II

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Tourism

Rebuilding tourism in a safe, equitable & climate-friendly way

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September 28, 2020

Tourism suffers another blow as PTDC shuts its motels, lays off employees

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