Polish climbers stranded on a Shimshal peak
High Asia Herald Exclusive Islamabad: Two Polish climbers are stranded at a little-known peak in Ghujerav valley of Shimshal in
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Chitrali children work in auto-repair shops without safety gears
Two young auto-workers at work vulnerable to hazards. Photo by the writer. Gul Hammad Farooqi CHITRAL: The child labour in
Read MoreOur Kashmiriyat was pro-poor and anti-landlord
Article 370 enabled Kashmir to give land to the tiller. Today, that freedom is gone by Nyla Ali Khan The
Read MoreThe case of Gilgit-Baltistan
SSR can be an effective instrument for maintaining demographic composition in J&K but it was essentially a colonial tool without
Read MoreTajik man emerges in Afghanistan as leader of IS unit of CA fighters
Sayvaly Shafiev leads a group of about 200 fighters from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other Central Asian countries in Afghanistan, says
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.
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History: Lost Sogdian art in China
Little is known of the lives of Sogdians in China, even though the Chinese connections of Sogdian elites played an
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History writing is fixated on archival discovery trope: Faisal Devji
Professor Faisal Devji on Muslim depoliticisation, Hindu nationalism and historians mimicking detectives. Here is excerpts from an interview with Seema
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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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Passu win All Gojal T-20 cricket championship trophy
Ghulkin ended runner up. Twenty teams from all over Gojal participated in 10 days events. By Asif Sakhi PASSU (Gojal):
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Hungarian climbers share experience of their journey to K2
Herald Report ISLAMABAD: Hungarian climber Szilárd Suhajda achieved a remarkable feat reaching the top of K2, the world’s second-highest mountain,
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Nepali climber scales Pakistan’s highest peaks in 23 days
He plans to climb remaining three peaks of above 8,000 meters in next four months to break previous world record
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The trouble with the enlightenment
By Aziz Ali Dad Every ideology, religion and worldview contains seeds of discontent within. The Enlightenment brought about a change
Read MoreChinese engineer drowns in Chitral river
Three Chinese men working for a private mining company fell into the river after a bridge broke down in Gol
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Winds of change in Darel
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on a transformation in material culture and society that has taken just a few decades by Zulfiqar
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