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REGIONAL GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOODS (GLOFs), RISK REDUCTION IN THE HIMALAYAS INITIATIVE, Update for July, 2008

by Amber Masud The Regional GLOF Risk Reduction Project, funded by DIPECHO and UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), aims to address the risks posed by GLOFs in…

Op-Ed: Marvi Memon on pushing a bill for Northern Areas

by Ali Al - Hakim What was common between former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Aaj TV anchor Syed Talat Hussein, and MNA Marvi Memon is their sporadic and marginal interest in…

Workshop on Resource Mobilization for CSO held in Karachi

by Zulfiqar Ali Khan KARACHI, August 24: The 4-day workshop on resource mobilisation for civil society organisation (CSOs) was  concluded at a local hotel in Karachi, with the conclusion that diversification of…

ITREB organizes “Seerat-e-Murtazavi Conference” in Hunza

by Zulfiqar Ali Khan Hunza, August 24: Scholars and poets at the “Seerat-e- Murtazavi” conference held in Karimabad, Hunza  stressed on the people to shun their differences and stand united,…

Workshop on GLOFs, Risk Reduction, held in Gilgit

by Asghar Khan Gilgit, Agust 23: A one – day workshop on Regional Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), discussing ‘ Risk Reduction’ strategies in the Hindukuch, Karakuram and Himalaya Regions, was held at Gilgit…