Singers, musicians from GB, Sindh spellbind audience at a mystical musical concert at PNCA   By Shafqat Aziz ISLAMABAD: An event featuring speeches and mystical music was held in the federal capital on Saturday to remember Allama Naseeruddin Naseer Hunzai, one of the leading poets of Burushaski language. Singers and musicians presented distinctive flavours of music from Gilgit-Baltistan and Sindh and …

Even if we change our emissions now, we are committed to a lot of ice melt, says Prof. Kääb. Image credit: Sharada Prasad We need to understand how glaciers are shrinking in order to better adapt to climate change impacts such as changes to water supply, landslides, and avalanches, says Prof Andreas Kääb from the University of Oslo in Norway …

Critics accuse the Tajik authorities of exploiting the state’s campaign against extremism and terrorism to clamp down on religious groups and individuals critical of government policies. Clerics, politicians, professors among the 27 suspects picked detained in several regions   At least 27 suspected followers of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement have been detained in several different regions of Tajikistan in …

Impact of increase in shrubs and grasses not yet known but scientists say it could increase flooding in the region

Shisper glacier melt threatens Pakistan's future

High Asia offers a great prospect for building a safer world for billions of people and needs trans-boundary solutions engaging India, Pakistan, Afghanistan China, Nepal, and the Central Asian States by declaring the region an ecological state and its population as ecology citizens, writes Amir Hussain.  Five hundred years ago, in the days of big empires, one would look like a …

A Ukrainian airliner crashed soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran’s state television and Ukraine’s leaders said. The Boeing 737 belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed near the airport and burst into flames. Ukraine’s embassy in Iran, citing preliminary information, said the plane had suffered engine failure and the crash …

by Fakhr-e-Alam The first-ever, a snow skiing training camp was held in upper Chitral for young winter sports enthusiasts. Asif Murad, an emerging activist of Chitral had organized the five-day snow skiing training camp at Kaklasht under his organization “Hindukush Mountaineering and Adventure Club”. The camp is attended by more than 50 young people including girls, from Chitral, Hunza, and …

  by Gul Nayab Shah   Protesters end sit-in at Yasin on Monday after negotiations with the district administration. High officials from the Ghizer District administration, water and power department and police assured uninterrupted and high voltage power supply to the people and steps for ending loadshedding in Yasin. The representatives met district administration officials, including the deputy commissioner, power …

Scholars debunk neoliberal development concept; offer pluriversality and inclusive development concept   by Fayyaz Baqir   We are at a critical juncture at this moment in time facing a growing disillusionment with current economic and political order that has dominated the world for quite some time. Growing concerns about climate change, rising income inequality, polarization, populist nationalism, and unending military …