Nowruz celebrations welcome spring with music, food, & fire
Nowruz festival-related celebrations promote peace, prosperity, and solidarity within communities by recognizing the significance of our pluralistic identities.
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Kashmir
Gilgit-Baltistan — a land of unknowns
Amir Hussain It might have been a chilly Saturday with clouds of victory hovering over the defence lines of Gilgit
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A case for participatory governance in G-B
By Ghulam Amin Beg The old Indian narrative on Jammu and Kashmir of a democratic dispensation, constitutionally guaranteed local autonomy
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Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan on Nov 15
General elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) will be held on November 15, according to a summary moved by the government and approved by President Arif Alvi. The notification comes amid a plethora of rumours in power corridors on the constitutional status of the disputed region triggering a debate in mainstream and social media.
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Polls: SC puts Gilgit-Baltistan govt on notice
Herald Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday put on notice the advocate general and government of Gilgit-Baltistan on
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1931: The Silk Road meets the auto age
From the National Geographic archives, a look back at the Citroën-Haardt Trans-Asiatic Expedition. By BILL JONES GEORGES-MARIE HAARDT was
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100 days of media shutdown: RSF breaks the silence forced on journalists in IOK
Herald Report In a series of eight exceptional videos released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on the 100th day of
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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
Read MoreOver 20 protesters arrested after pro-independence rally in AJK
At least 22 arrested after demonstrators clashed with police near Tatrinote village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. News Desk Police have arrested
Read MorePakistani Left, peaceniks blast fascism, authoritarianism
Call upon peoples of South Asia to work together for the rights of oppressed nations Herald Report An alliance
Read MoreKashmir’s autonomy: Pakistani Left, women bodies condemn Modi’s move
Herald Report Islamabad: Left parties and women organizations of Pakistan have condemned the Indian government’s revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy.
Read MoreUN body calls for probe into rights violations in contested Kashmir
OHCHR blasts India and Pakistan for failing to improve the situation in the contested Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Herald Report
Read MoreKashmir’s water: new weapon of war?
Arley Titzler India and Pakistan were separated at birth, established in 1947 when they gained independence from Britain. Since then, these
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GB’s division, revival of numbardari system opposed
Awami Action Committee Baltistan chapter to launch movement against GB division, revival of Numbardari system Herald Correspondent SKARDU: The Awami
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Indian, Pakistani scholars, students at Oxford want peace
People belonging to different professionals with origins or roots in India and pakistan in Canada also issue statement against war
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