PESHAWAR: All public sector universities in the province have been asked to waive the admission fees of their students from Chitral. This was stated in a handout issued on Thursday. According to the document, Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmed said those students who have faced substantial adversities due to flash floods in the region should be exempted from paying the admission …
GILGIT: An anti-terrorism court in Gilgit handed down a death sentence to two culprits for raping a girl student in Skardu town in Gilgit-Baltistan earlier this year. The verdict was announced by judge Raja Shehbaz Khan on Tuesday, a source told the High Asia Herald said on Wednesday. In addition to the death sentence, the court also sentenced both men to …
The crash of a Pakistan Army MI-17 helicopter killing the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and at least five others — there is still uncertainty — is a tragedy with possibly far-reaching consequences. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his entourage, as well as senior military officials and foreign diplomats, were all scheduled to visit Gilgit-Baltistan. The trip had been …
Islamabad: The government of Pakistan awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz to Prof Carlo Alberto Pinelli from Italy in recognition of his services in the promotion of tourism, and mountaineering in Pakistan. On March 23d, 2016, Carlo Alberto Pinelli received the award from the President of Pakistan in recognition of his outstanding work in the fields of mountaineering and training local guides with the …
The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) has asked the Government of GB (GoGB) to refrain from organising sports activities in the Deosai National Park fearing it may damage the natural environment. The Deosai National Park is a legally protected area. The government of Gilgit-Baltistan intends to carry out promotional activities in Deosai National Park, including a polo festival at Rama …
By Aziz Ali Dad Followers of Islam are certainly perplexed why their lives are being turned into hell for some self-claimed saviours of Islam to go to heaven. The situation should have triggered some soul searching, but despite the gruesome incidents of murder and mayhem of innocent people in Pakistan, no attempt is made to analyze the subject of reason …
Several teams are on the move on Broad Peak, GII and K2 Herald Report A South Korean climber and a Nepali Sherpa have conquered Nanga Parbat “the killer mountain” the first summit of the summer season, media reports say.Kim Hong Bin of South Korea and Lakpa Nuru Sherpa of Nepal reached the summit on Friday evening, after enduring several days …
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