AKAH: a journey of hope
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) has been helping communities create safe and resilient human habitats, with improved services
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Ecotourism in GB – opportunities and challenges
The current job market in tourism and hospitality sectors is typically patriarchal and deeply misogynistic and needs to be diversified
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Army, GB Scouts’ athletes shine at highest altitude marathon
Our Correspondent HUNZA: Army and Gilgit-Baltistan athletes won the top positions in the Khunjerav Highest Road Marathon, the highest altitude
Read MoreTowards climate justice in the spirit of internationalism
By Ammar Rashid Starting today, we will see the largest worldwide climate mobilisation in the history of the planet for
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of ‘new great game’ and new status quo in Kashmir-I
By Ghulam Amin Beg On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, I had written this article and published on the Simurgh Institute
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Tajik children’s treacherous journey to school
Herald Report Some 300 children from four villages in the Vahdat district of Tajikistan must make a treacherous
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Ishkoman’s impressive Immit valley
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro offers a portrait of the village of Immit in Ghizer district by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro While going
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Uchawo festival ends amid dances, songs
Young people select their future life partner; tourists complain about dilapidated roads, lack of facilities in Kalash valley By
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Documenting the dying musical traditions
https://vimeo.com/292228936 A documentary by an award-winning Pakistani filmmaker shows the lives of traditional musicians, musical instrument makers and the challenges
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Why you should listen?
The High Asia Herald/TV Special The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is the world’s third-largest repository of ice, after the North
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Hunza: beyond tourism
Hunza valley has suffered the most due to unplanned tourism and unending greed for money and profit. The valley is
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Untangling Wakhan Quadrangle
German scholar’s latest book explores new aspects of history, culture and politics of ‘Great Game’ and expansionist designs of colonial
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‘China is after us’: Uighurs in Pakistan report intimidation
Members of Uighur Muslim community say Islamabad is not fighting for their rights as it keeps close ties with China.
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