Herald Report Two female brown bears have been released into the Khunjerab National Park (KNP) in Gojal, upper Hunza, according to local media reports. The bears, bred at the Bear Rehabilitation Sanctuary and Bio-Resource Research Centre in Balkasar area of Chakwal District, were released into the park on Wednesday. Balkasar Bear Sanctuary, established in 2010, provides a retirement …
By Rocio Otero One of the biggest insights I have gained from travelling at a slow place overland is the certainty that ancient cultures have a lot to teach us. In this increasingly fast-paced global world, competing for monetary profit is the accepted prevailing model of development. But while cycling across mountainous and remote regions of the Subcontinent, I came …
In what can be best described as a shocking and gruesome incident, a 10-year-old child was reportedly beaten up and then thrown into a glacial stream at a picnic resort on the outskirts of Gilgit city, for entering a property without permission. Rescuers and locals of the area started searching for the boy after hearing the tragic news. The body …
by Afzal Ali Shigri LED by a small group of Gilgit Scouts, with the support and participation of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, the armed revolt to liberate the region against the repressive Dogra rule lasted for more than a year. For a few days, an independent state of GB was formed in November 1947, which then made a formal request …
Gul-i-Afshan Tariq becomes Pakistan’s first female biker to travel nearly 4,000 kilometres between Islamabad and Chitral Gul-i-Afshan Tariq has become the first woman to have toured Khyber-Pakthunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan on a bike for 22 consecutive days. She covered 3,823 kilometres between Islamabad and Chitral from May 6 to May 25. Her main destinations were Peshawar, Batkhela, Chitral, Mastooj, Shandur, Boni, …
GILGIT: Abdul Gafoor couldn’t believe his eyes; was the bearded man approaching him really his son Ibrahim Sani, his son whom he last met more than four decades ago? “Oh my child, is it really you?” said Gafoor as he held Sani tightly in his arms. The father and son met at Skardu airport on December 28 after 44 long years. …
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan development authority has prepared a plan worth over a billion rupees to lay a sewerage system in Gilgit city and the adjacent Danyor town. The sewerage network will help resolve long-standing hygiene, water contamination and environmental issues, which become more prominent during monsoon rains. A G-B government official requesting anonymity told The Express Tribune on Tuesday, “At the …
The government has planned laying and upgradation of Railway tracks under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Under the plan, new railway tracks will be laid from Gwadar to Quetta and Jacobabad via Besima. The 560 kilometres track will be laid from Bostan to Kotla Jam on Main Line-II via Zhob and Dera Ismail Khan. In addition, 682 km new track will also be …
Every few years, the debate is repeated without any definitive conclusion: is Gilgit-Baltistan constitutionally part of Pakistan or not? For the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), there are two independence days every year: August 14, with the rest of Pakistan; and November 1, when they first found freedom. There is permanent confusion in GB, brought about by keeping the territory …
In the last year, there has been much huffing and puffing about the inflow of ‘foreign funds’ to the country, and the National Action Plan (NAP) formulated in the wake of the Army Public School massacre in December 2014 makes specific reference to the identification of sources of funding for madrassas, and if appropriate, blocking it. A year on, in …
The avalanche that buried the popular hiking village of Langtang in Nepal this past spring struck with about half the force of an atomic bomb, according to a study published this week in the journal Science. A strong earthquake on April 25 touched off the avalanche, sending stone, earth and snow cascading down onto the village, which was crowded with …
A general view of Khumjung, a typical Sherpa village, is pictured in Solukhumbu district also known as the Everest region, in this picture taken November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar Phurba Tashi Sherpa, the most accomplished high-altitude climber in history, holds a bucket and crowbar as he claws through the rubble of his home seven months after Nepal’s earthquake shattered the …
The Gilgit-Baltistan government wants to expand its cabinet, sources told The High Asia Herald. According to sources, the decision was taken on Saturday to ensure smooth functioning and service delivery by all ministries, especially those which need more work. “GB Chief Minister Hafeezur Rahman, who is in Islamabad on an official visit, will formally submit the request to Nawaz for …
When there are billions of dollars involved in any project, there are bound to be concerned about how the money would be used, especially in a country like Pakistan where investment is on the lower side. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is said to be a $46-billion project, which is more than three times the reserves held by the State …
CHITRAL: People of the Kalash tribe celebrated the last phase of their religious festival Chomos with their famous rituals, sheeshao (purification day) and goshang with great jubilance and fervour. Chomos, which is the longest festival of the year, started in September and entered its last stages with sheeshao and goshang being carried on December 16. The rituals Under the mores of …
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Meharban Karim: Nice article...