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  • Gahvora: harmful or useful childrearing device?

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  • Argentinean football idol Diego Maradona dies

  • Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan on Nov 15

  • Matiullah Jan returns home amid massive support on social media

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

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National parks: conservation or occupation of GB land?

By thehighasia
December 11, 2020
in :  Climate Change, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, Slider, Wildlife
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The top-down conservation policies are meant to dispossess people of their land, livelihood and resources By Ali Rehmat The conservation, environment and development policies and strategies in Pakistan have remained problematic both for the government and the communities living in the protected areas. At times the implementation of the government’s top-down exclusionary policies have met resistance from communities. In the …

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NAB court accepts Salim Khan’s plea bargain offer in Rs51m scam

By thehighasia
December 9, 2020
in :  Economy, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Hunza, Judiciary, Latest, Legal, Pakistan, People, Politics, Slider
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High Asia Report GILGIT:  An accountability court on Tuesday accepted the application of Shah Salim Khan, a former member of Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly for bargain to pay Rs51 million he had embezzled in Sost Dry Port scam. Justice Khurshid Ahmed of the Accountability Court Gilgit approved the plea bargain on the recommendation of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regional office. The …

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Spike in corona cases. Who is responsible?

By thehighasia
December 4, 2020
in :  China, Health, Latest, Lockdown, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, Sanitaization, Slider, Social Distancing, WHO, World
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By Neelum Wali The word COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as “2019 novel coronavirus” or “2019-nCoV”. COVID-19 is linked to the family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Different viruses are given their names according to their genetic structure. The virus was named as SARS-CoV-2 on February 11, 2020, due to its genetic …

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Hunza Matters: Unmaking and Making

By thehighasia
December 2, 2020
in :  Britain, Central Asia, China, Chitral, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, High Asia Region, History, Hunza, Kashmir, Latest, New, Opinion, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, People, Politics, Slider, Society, South Asia, World
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by Aziz Ali Dad Let me start this review of the book “Hunza Matters: Bordering and ordering between ancient and new Silk Roads” by indulging in subjectivity. In 2015, I was a Crossroads Asia fellow at Modern Oriental Institute in Berlin, Germany. As a part of socialization, we interacted with different researchers and members of academia. On one weekend my …

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Are we out of our minds?

By thehighasia
November 27, 2020
in :  Education, Features, Human Rights, Islamabad, Latest, National, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Resistance, Slider, Socialism, South Asia
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Raza Gillani Why have we spent the last four years, presumably the most crucial time of our lives, organising at various campuses across the country and its administered areas on issues pertaining to student life, gender, education, class, ethnicity, race, etc.? Why have we wasted our time in searching for those who share our principles, dreams, and resolve? Why have …

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Charming mosque of Gayal in Darel valley

By thehighasia
November 27, 2020
in :  Darel, Diamer District, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, Heritage, High Asia Region, Latest, Latest News, Lifestyle, Slider, Society
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by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro The people of Gayal village in Darel valley of Gilgit-Baltistan use intricate decorations for an ancient mosque, writes anthropologist Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro Gayal village in Darel valley of Diamer district is believed to have been established about two centuries ago when the descendants of Dudu moved out of Lelo Kot.  The old village was situated about …

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Argentinean football idol Diego Maradona dies

By thehighasia
November 25, 2020
in :  Latest, Latest News, Lifestyle, People, Slider, Socialism, Society, Sports, World
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News Desk World’s football legend Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the game’s greatest ever players, died of a heart attack at his home in San Andres neighbourhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Maradona, 60, the Latin American idol had recently battled health issues and underwent emergency surgery for a subdural haematoma several weeks ago. He suffered …

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Five more political prisoners freed today

By thehighasia
November 24, 2020
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Law, Politics, Resistance, Slider
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Of the total 14 political prisoners, 10 have been so far freed in three phases. AWP leader Baba Jan, Iftikhar Karbali and two others are likely to be released on November 27 and 30. High Asia Herald Report GILGIT: Five more political prisoners were freed on Tuesday, ending their nine years’ incarceration in Gahkuch jail as well as a long …

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Protests continue against KIU student’s harassment

By thehighasia
November 22, 2020
in :  Crime, Education, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Pakistan, Society
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Staff Reporter Islamabad: Protests continue against alleged sexual harassment of a female student by an official of the Karakoram International University Gilgit.   Over a dozen activists of Young Activists Movement (YAM), Progressive Students Federation (PrSF) Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Awami Workers Party Gilgit-Baltistan (AWPGB) and Women Democratic Front (WDF), staged a protest demo outside National Press Club in the federal capital on …

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You have snatched our dreams

By thehighasia
November 21, 2020
in :  Chitral, Drug abuse, Education, Environment, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, Health, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, Human Rights, Hunza, Latest, Lifestyle, Pakistan, Pamir Ranges, People, Slider
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By Ashiq Ali Broghil, the most neglected valley in Hindu Kush Mountains, need government attention The Pamiri Wakhi people live in the remotest and mountainous regions around Pamir Knot in four countries of High Asia — Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan and Pakistan. In Pakistan the Wakhi people live in three regions – Chitral’s Broghil Valley in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Hunza District’s Gojal Sub-Division, …

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Four more political prisoners of Hunza freed

By thehighasia
November 20, 2020
in :  Crime, Disaster, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, Governance, Human Rights, Hunza, Judiciary, Law, Legal, Pakistan
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GILGIT: Four more prisoners were released from Damas jail in Ghizer District on Friday. According to a notification issued by the Home Department of Gilgit-Baltistan, the authorities have issued release order of Aleemuallah Khan, Musa Khan, Irfan Ali and Shukrullah Baig. The interim government/home department with the consent of presiding Judge of Anti-Terrorism Court has ordered the release of the …

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Woman, minor daughter saved from husband’s atrocities

By Gul Hamaad Farooqi
November 15, 2020
in :  Chitral, Crime, High Asia Region, Hindu Kush Ranges, New, Slider
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The abusive man used to beat her and wanted to kill them to grab land Gul Hameed Farooqui CHITRAL:  Police have rescued a differently-abled woman and her four-year-old daughter from her husband’s atrocities who allegedly wanted to kill them to grab their land. The land was transferred by the woman’s parents in her name. According to police, the woman belonging …

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Gilgit-Baltistan — a land of unknowns

By thehighasia
November 5, 2020
in :  Central Asia, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, History, Human Rights, Kashmir, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Slider
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Amir Hussain It might have been a chilly Saturday with clouds of victory hovering over the defence lines of Gilgit Scouts on November 1, 1947. It was a historic day when a legion of local military men of Gilgit Scouts revolted against the Dogra ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). These men in uniform overthrew the …

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Editorial: GB’s independence and seven decades of disenfranchisement

By thehighasia
November 1, 2020
in :  Climate Change, Conflict, Gilgit-Baltistan, Governance, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Latest, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, People, Politics, Slider
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More than 73 years since its independence, Gilgit-Baltistan remains subject to barely disguised colonial rule to await genuine enfranchisement. While many of Pakistan’s ethnic peripheries harbour deep grievances against the authoritarian and extractive logics of the country’s statecraft, GB is arguably the only region that remains explicitly deprived of even basic democratic, constitutional and human rights. It was only in …

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Rural response to COVID-19

By thehighasia
October 18, 2020
in :  Chitral, Economy, Gilgit-Baltistan, Health, High Asia Region, Latest, Lockdown, New, Opinion, Pakistan, Pandemic, Slider, Society
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Mushtaq Ahmad There is a long history of global pandemic and epidemics, but there is also evidence that all these have been challenged by man. Consequently, there have been great losses of human lives coupled with social and economic vicissitudes as well. At the same time, every major crisis brings opportunities to rethink our systems and make them stronger to future …

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