Fahd Hussain Today harkens the past we all wished would stay interred with all its noxious memories. Mistakes have started to happen. The noise decibel is rising. Space for civility is shrinking. Ego is crowding out rationality. Red lines are approaching. Solutions are fading into the mist. There is dread. There is fear. We are […]
The Youth’s thoughts and actions will be shaped by what they know and have experienced, making education, in many ways, one of the best predictors of a nation’s future success. “Education,” as Nelson Mandela said, “is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Which country has the best education system
Zafar AhmadFor the last two decades, Chitral has witnessed an alarming rate of suicide among its youth. A survey conducted by this writer as a part of his university research showed that 300 individuals committed suicide between 2007 and 2011. Likewise, 176 cases of suicide were reported from 2013 to 2019, abnormally high for a
The antiviral drug remdesivir does not reduce deaths among COVID-19 patients, as compared with standard care, according to the results of a large, international trial. The Food and Drug Administration, in May, authorized remdesivir to be used in an emergency to treat COVID-19, after a large clinical trial suggested that the drug reduces the time
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SKARDU: At least 16 people were killed after a bus was crushed by landsliding on Skardu Road in Gilgit-Baltistan, Rondu Subdivisional Police Officer (SDPO) Mohammad Hassan said. Rondu Assistant Commissioner Miraj Alam said 18 people were travelling in the bus coming from Rawalpindi, two of whom were dropped off at their stations. The bus was
KARIMABAD (HUNZA): Seated on a set of intricate woven rugs covering the floor of a traditional home in Shiskat, a small village in the Hunza Valley in Pakistan\’s northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan, I cannot help but feel surprised. After weeks of traveling in a country where men dominate public spaces, I am sharing a meal
DROSH: Nagar Fort beat Kuro Drosh to retain the polo cup trophy for the second year on Monday. In the final match played here, Nagar Fort scored six goals against just one by the Kuru team. As many as eight teams from Drosh, comprising players from both the Lower and Upper Chitral districts, took part
By Maria Temming Put into music, telescope observations of the center of the Milky Way create a tranquil tune, glittering with xylophone and piano notes. The iconic Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, meanwhile, sound like an eerie sci-fi score. And the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A is a sweeping symphony. These musical renditions, or sonifications, were
Rakhshinda Shakir Marriage has been part of human history since antiquity. Every part of the world has its own traditions and celebrations revolving around it; hence Chitral is no exception. The concept of love marriage is yet to be openly a culture in Chitral but even the way marriages are arranged and values attached to
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CHITRAL: Speakers at a function held at Kalasha Dur Museum in Bumburate stressed the need to promote tourism in order to ensure development of the backward but scenic areas of Chitral. The function was arranged in connection with the World Tourism Day and attended by civil society representatives, local people and tourists from different parts
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