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[Pamir Yatra] The water bomb of Pamir!

In 1911 a mega landslide blocked flow of the Marghab River in Tajikistan. The damming led to creation of the world’s largest landslide lake, 60 kilometer long and 500 meters…

Link road to Shinaki Hunza could not be restored

By Zulfiqar Ali Khan Hunza, October 1: The cut-off road links to Shinaki, Hunza have not been restored despite of a lapse of two and half months, increasing sufferings of…

Chief Minister inaugrates girls degree college in Gahkuch Ghizar

AKCSP receives Unesco Award of Distinction for restoring Gulabpur Khanqah

Press Release Islamabad, September 30: The Gulabpur Khanqah in Shigar valley, Skardu, Baltistan was recently awarded the 2010 Asia-Pacific Award of Distinction in Cultural Heritage by Unesco. For nine consecutive times,…

[Pictory] The Jalawans’ Quest for Gold

by Zulfiqar Ali Khan Hunza, September 30: Gold-washers, known as Jalawan in local languages,  have been extracting gold dust from differen rivers and torrents of Gilgit – Baltistan for  decades.…