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Iran and Iraq may not be tourist hot spots, but they offer a spiritual journey like no place else
While Baghdad offers thousands of years of history, a powerful energy emanates from the city of Karbala.
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Pakistan’s melting glaciers: Our climate change crisis will destabilise Asia’s rivers
Pakistan is completely dependent on the Indus River, which acts as a glacier-fed lifeline for 200 million people.
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COP24: Time is running out and this may be our last attempt to save our planet
Vulnerable countries like Pakistan are left on their own to address the impacts of climate change with little finance
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Declared ‘intangible’, the heritage of Kalash is over 3,000 years old – but will it survive the 21st century?
The Kalash are trying to hold onto their unique culture and language, while battling poverty and climate change.
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Why reverting to the karez system might save Balochistan’s water and drought crisis
There used to be 32 karez in this area but now only two are functional, one of which is around 200 years old.
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The stone crushers of Taxila: Are we ready to lose pieces of our history and heritage?
The entire school would shake as if an earthquake had occurred and stones from blasting would fly into school grounds.
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Siksa Valley: Turning Gilgit-Baltistan’s barren lands into green miracles
Even though it's a simple technology based on the steep gradient of the mountain slopes, it has proved to be a...
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From a “political nobody who would never amount to much” to the prime minister of Pakistan
When I visited PTI's office in 1996 it was just bare walls and a chaotic team trying to get Imran some media...
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“Either the cement plants go, or we do”: The dry lands of Punjab’s future breadbasket
The cement plants have just bought themselves time, hoping that the CJP will retire and they can go back to business.
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Gwadar: From ghost town to gold rush town
“The dream of a new Dubai is downloading at the moment – we are just having connectivity problems” joked a...