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Gilgit-Chitral Road opened for traffic
By Naweed-e-Sahar Chitral, August 31: The Gilgit-Chitral road (Ghizar road) has been reopened for all kinds of traffic from Monday, that had been closed for a month due the landslides and floods . Talking to media the Executive Engineer … Continue reading
Posted in Ghizar, Gilgit, Gilgit - Baltistan, KKH, Pakistan
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[Pamir Yatra] The journey of faith
The Pamir Yatra gets mystic as we visit faith and religious history of the Pamiri people. Zulfiqar Ali Khan in his latest submission ably narrates the story of people who practice faith with songs and music and gain spiritual elevation through … Continue reading
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Dead body of tour guide found on Biafo glacier after six years
By Sher Shah Gilgit, August 30: Decomposed body of Qasim Shah, a tourist guide belonging to Khairabad (Raminji) Gojal, was found at the Biafo – Hisper glacier six years after he went missing during an expedition. According to details Qasim … Continue reading
US sends relief goods for flood affectees of GB
By: Naweed-e-Sahar Islamabad August 30: A package of five thousand kilograms of relief items donated by USA reached Islamabad today. These relief goods would be distributed among the affectees of recent floods in Gilgit-Baltistan. According to media detail an American plane KC-130 … Continue reading
Floods also ravage cultural heritage
by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro History’s worst flood has spared nothing that has come in its way. From Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan all along to Sindh sweeping across southern Punjab the surging force of the waters has destroyed vast tracts of … Continue reading
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Understanding Political Crisis in Thailand: From April 2009 to May 2010 Riots
Thosaphon Chieocharnpraphan The Australian National University Postgraduate Student Graduate Studies in International Affairs (GSIA) Thipsarin Phaktanakul University of Canberra We write this article with extreme misery embedded in the bottom of our hearts as Thai citizens who are now staying … Continue reading
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