Why are glaciers melting at such a rapid rate?
Concerns as glaciers melt in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan is home to more than 7,000 glaciers, but rising global temperatures are causing them to melt rapidly.
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Climbing season reaches new heights
AFP Pakistan is enjoying a bumper climbing season with around 1,400 foreign mountaineers bidding to scale its lofty peaks —
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Flash floods wreak havoc in GB, claim 8 lives
By Inayat Amir Flash floods and landslides have wreaked havoc in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral claiming eight lives during the last
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Climber Iman Karim falls to death on G-II
Iman Karim was part of an expedition along with noted mountaineer Sirbaz Khan and Rana Javed.
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Anita Karim knocks Aussie opponent out to bag sensational victory
Pakistan’s first-ever female Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Anita Karim has won her fight against Australia’s Uyen Ha at Lumpinee
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Suicide: the never-ending pandemic in GBC
By Rozina Parveen When the horrors of life outway the terrors of death a man commits suicide — Albert Camus
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Call for an end to GB’s constitutional deprivation
The mission is especially alarmed by the apparent surge in suicide cases in various parts of GB, particularly in district Ghizer. A large number of these victims comprise women and the mission has reason to believe that some cases of honour killings have been labelled suicide and thus ‘forgotten
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IWWD 2022: Call to protect GB women’s rights
News Desk Like other parts of Pakistan, women in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) are facing multiple problems, including gender-based dicrimination, domestic violence
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National parks’ controversy in Gilgit-Baltistan
The contested fortress and neoliberal models of conservation and development have proven disastrous and failed in the world.
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Another notch on Sirbaz Khan’s belt in 26 days
Sirbaz Khan, a young mountaineer from Gilgit-Baltistan has another notch on his belt in 26 days by reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday morning. With the latest achievement, Sirbaz has now conquered seven 8000ers in his treacherous journey to fulfil his dream of putting his foot on the top of the 14 tallest peaks of the world.
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The curious case of GB’s census data
By Noor Akbar A month ago, I was making a PowerPoint presentation on the latest population statistics of Pakistan and
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Economic woes, curbs on freedom of expression worsened in 2020: report
HRCP’s flagship annual report State of Human Rights in 2020 documents widespread human rights violations by HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad:
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Moderate quake jolts Tajikistan, Pakistan
The tremor have been felt by millions in northern Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan News Desk Islamabad: A moderate earthquake jolted
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Understanding spread of Covid-19 in Gilgit-Baltistan
by Dr Aziz Baig The Coronavirus, perhaps, the deadliest in the last century that surfaced in Wuhan city of China
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Students demand better telecom service for GB
The people of Gilgit-Baltistan are unable to cope with the situation due to degraded 4G often termed as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and fixed broadband internet services provided by SCO.
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