PHOTO: Our little troupe – Musa, Murtaza, me, Aryaan and Fareshteh – on the Gilgit Airport landing strip that has a magnificent backdrop. Aamna Haider Isani It’s very difficult to describe the beauty of Hunza, primarily because it’s unconventional. Most of northern Pakistan – as I have seen it – is lush, green and hospitable. Swat, Naran and Kaghan are welcoming hosts with friendly green mountains that cradle rumbling blue rivers; it’s where snow capped hills ...
Written By: Eiman shah It would have been worth or far more better if provincial government of Gilgit Baltistan would have announced a worth package for protection of women rights by taking some serious steps or just by formatting a committee who could setup recommendations for a separate transportation system especially for those women who go to their offices, schools, colleges and for those who sweat their blood to support their families. Unlike other countries and all over Pakistan, people In Gilgit will also celebrate Women day but unfortunately in big, expensive hotels where only elites will be invited and especially ...
The proper implementation of CPEC projects in Pakistan have stood the test of time, the optimistic view of citizen are seen in everywhere that in near future CPEC will lead Pakistan toward progress and prosperity. This is no doubt a dream to change Pakistan map globally. Countries which are in favor of Pakistan look toward it a life line and game changer, in the other side those countries which have no good will or self-interest busy to make it not successful. It is confronted with a number of grave external and internal threats i.e. America, India, Afghanistan and Israel are ...
Peer Muhammad Ayub Shah,a farmer, lives in Thous village of Yasin valley in district Ghizer,Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.He has been following the news about infrastructural developments, especially the road that is being built through his area. Given the good prospects it will bring, he is destined to switch from traditional farming of wheat and maize to commercial horticulture of cherry, apricot, and apple trees in his twenty kanal land. Shah’s goal is to take advantage of improved road access that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Project (CPEC) ...
Karim Mohammad Khan According to physicians regular fruit intake prevents many diseases and keeps our body healthy. For example, fresh and dry apricots and its juice are helpful in removing constipation and other stomach related problems. Further, certain amount of walnut and almond intake and usage of its oil can lower high blood pressure and provide remedy to cardio vascular malady. Thus regular fruits intake are very useful for our health by fulfilling deficiencies of various vitamins in our body....
Muhammad Ibrahim J. The past couple of years have brought a positive boom in Pakistan’s tourism industry. This has predominantly been due to the massive increase in local tourism with Pakistanis venturing out and choosing to explore their own country. The likes of Murree, Naran and Hunza are closing in on their maximum capacity to facilitate tourism. However, one such region which is far from its tourism potential is Baltistan. I say this because Baltistan is a mystical land unlike ...
By Dr. Jan-e-Alam Khaki BUILDING bridges and removing walls characterise our times, despite some gaps. Enormous efforts are being made by various organisations and individuals to help build bridges among communities and cultures, notwithstanding the thesis of clash of civilisations. It is time to remove walls that obstruct human communication, flow of information, knowledge and wisdom from crossing borders and boundaries. The times are gone when communities were cocooned in their villages or towns. My parents’ generation, for example, hardly saw any city, let alone another country. Today, I, like many others, have travelled to countless cities and more than two dozen ...
Gilgit-Baltistan Education Department has introduced different structural reforms in schools. The first and most important change was the GB Government inducted new school teachers through NTS and FPSC. This was essential in order to strengthen institutions as best school system and also focus to hire highly competent human resources on merit; change them into highly efficient professionals through training programmes and get the best out of them for the attainment of organizational goal. Teachers training and refresher courses have been conducted during winter and summer vacations across GB and it has been ensured by the department to continue in future ...
