COVID-19: govt scrambles on lockdown
by Mariam Bokhari & Ayesha Mushtaq When a global pandemic burns through a country it first tests both its leadership
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Pakistan
COVID-19: ban on public, religious gatherings in Nagar, Yasin
by Inayat Abdali GILGIT: The administrations of Nagar District and Yasin Tehsil in Ghizer District as preemptive measures have
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COVID-19 brings life to a halt in GB as total cases rise to 21
Hotels, motels, and guest houses turned into incubation centres; markets, shops, parks, wedding halls shut; religious congregations, public gatherings, rallies
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Taftan coronavirus camp: ‘No facilities, no humanity’
More than 1,000 remain there as thousands more are released into impoverished Balochistan, reports The Guardian newspaper It
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COVID-19 crisis: ABM, BSF prove godsend for stranded students
The two organisations arrange buses, to send 500 students to Gilgit-Baltistan; another 500 students will depart on March 18
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Tectonic effect of COVID-19 on tourism, hospitality sectors
Herald Report The worldwide spread of coronavirus that has devastated the global economy has also hit hard the tourism
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‘A Game Changer For Women’
Report on the 10-year review of anti-harassment laws highlights, achievements, challenges High Asia Herald Islamabad: There has been a
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Competing presidential oaths plunge Afghanistan deeper into crisis
Afghanistan has descended into a full-blown political crisis after the two main contenders in a bitterly disputed presidential election —
Read MoreFour of a family among 26 perish in Rondu coaster accident
10 bodies have been fished out of the might Indus; rescue work continues to recover 16 others HAH Correspondent SKARDU,
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A tale of two magazines
The closure of ‘Herald’ and ‘Newsline’ in Pakistan marks a larger crisis in the country’s journalism JAHANZEB HUSSAIN | 2019 was
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Interpreting ‘Me Too’ Movement for Pakistan
By Anita Bakhtiar If you want an honest and surprising look into what the ‘Me Too’ Movement constitutes without
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Protecting Pakistan’s children
By Anita Bakhtiar As a citizen born in the 1980s, I grew up watching Kashmir Solidarity Day parades and looking
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Politics of the Left in Pakistan
by Farhatullah Babar The death of comrade Dr Yasrab Tanvir Gondal, popularly known as Lal Khan for his Marxist
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Gender expert from GB finalist for British Council award
High Asia Herald Report An educator from Gilgit-Baltistan has been shortlisted for a prestigious British Council Alumni Award in Pakistan’s Social
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It is time for India and Pakistan to repeal their sedition laws
The laws that were created by the British Raj are still being used to stifle dissent on the Indian subcontinent,
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