CHITRAL: “If you want to save the plains of Pakistan, then rush to save Chitral at first. This is the message and motto of our awareness campaign through which we want to expose the impending dangers to the whole country, emanating from melting of glaciers to deforestation in Chitral,” said Sartaj Ahmad Khan, convener of “Save Chitral, save Pakistan” campaign. …

The purpose of this Agreement is [to enhance the implementation of the Convention] [and] [to achieve the objective of the Convention as stated in its Article 2]. In order to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, Parties agree to take urgent action and enhance cooperation and support so as: (a) To hold the increase in the …

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The temblor, which hit in a sparsely populated area some 130 miles east of the Tajik capital of Dushanbe at 12:50 p.m. local time (2:50 a.m. ET), shook buildings in cities in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, residents said. A Dushanbe resident told Reuters …

Skadru: An awareness walk against corruption was organized in Khaplu district headquarter of Ghanche by district government and civil society organizations yesterday. A large number of locals included government officials, school teachers, students, activists of local civil society organizations and general public participated in the walk having banners, play cards slogans to say no for corruption. Provincial Information Minister Ibrahim …

BY: Ahsan Jamil Over last several years, steadily surging temperatures in different mountain valleys of Gilgit-Batistan (GB) region in Pakistan’s north have increased frequency and intensity of natural disasters, particularly reduction of agricultural land due to rivers expansion, and flash floods due to rising number of glacial lakes that have touched more than 3000 as of now. This has put …

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: Two men convicted of raping a woman in Skardu town in Gilgit-Baltistan earlier this year have been handed the death sentence by an anti-terrorism court in Gilgit. The decision was announced by judge Raja Shehbaz Khan on Tuesday, a lawyer who attended the proceedings 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: Government of Pakistan awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz Prof. Carlo Alberto Pinelli from Italy in recognition of his services in tourism, mountaineering and promotion of Pakistan.  

By Aziz Ali Dad Followers of Islam are certainly perplexed why their lives are being turned into hell for some self-claimed saviors 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 …

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 of cold and hunger at a 7200m altitude of Nanga Parbat. …