Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig Pakistan and Iran are two neighbours and under the supreme authority of Khomeinis. One is an individual and the other is a group of Khomeinis. The 18th Amendment devolved powers from the federal government to the provincial governments, and tourism was one of the subjects on this list. The provincial civil […]
Prof Rahmat Karim Baig As far as the structure of Chitrali society is concerned, through the lenses of modern sciences like sociology, anthropology, human resource management, etc., it seems a highly patriarchal unit. But it must be kept in mind that the role of women in the development, management, control, and consumption of local resources
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Prof Rahmat Karim Baig Chitral, a beautiful yet geographically challenging district in northern Pakistan, has faced numerous hardships due to its remote mountainous terrain. From natural disasters like earthquakes, landslides, and floods to man-made issues such as tribal biases and lack of development, the region remains under constant pressure. While these challenges are significant, Chitral
By Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig A foreign mountaineering expedition was on its way to Terich Mir peak last week, and they were two stages from the peak when there was a tourist disaster in Swat. The victims of the calamity were domestic tourists who had no proper knowledge of travelling and camping in the riverbed,
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Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig As a result of the feminist movement in Europe women were given certain rights such as better wages, maternity leave, right to cast vote in election, right to live separately from their parents, freedom of speech etc. but this liberty also made them easy victim to greedy males such as: after
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig There has been a concept of women empowerment since 20th century that has been supported and opposed all over the world and after many decades the proponents of empowerment have worked tirelessly to give their arguments on numerous fora but there are also staunch supporters with their own pleas and have
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig In size of population, Chitral has around half a million population much less than Dir or Bajaur, but higher than certain other districts such as Kohistan. However, in terms of education, Chitral stands second or third in the province; hence the number of educated youth in Chitral is much higher than
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig Our country has seen both province based and one unit administrative mechanism in its history. The latter was revoked by General Yahya Khan as the chief martial administrator. The present set up namely the restoration of the provinces is better in the sense that there is a competitive sense though light
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig The mountainous regions of KP get small amount of yield due to weather conditions as well as very bad road system. Since the roads are narrow and highly dangerous, only 4×4 vehicles can reach higher parts of the valleys and, therefore, charge double the normal rate of transportation and this reduces
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig In this write-up we shall discuss the virgin peaks around Terich Mer i.e . standing in the Atahk valley of Terich. When the British Indian authorities began to send selected army officials to explore Hindu Kush within the borders of Chitral, they gave guidelines as what information was to be collected
