AWAY from the din of politics and the immediacy of militant strife, a disaster of enormous proportions is silently evolving in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountains up north, one that could in time impact the length and breadth of Pakistan. The peaks are home to some 15,000 glaciers which, as a result of rising temperatures, are retreating at an alarming rate of almost 40 to 60 metres a decade, leaving behind glacial lakes in their wake.…
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By Shabbir Mir in Express Tribune, Apr 7 GILGIT: The 167-page report released by the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) government to highlight its performance over the last three years has attracted fierce criticism from lawmakers. The G-B coalition government led by Pakistan Peoples Party [PPP] released the report, which was presented by Information Minister Ali Madad Sher to the media this week. The document comes in wake of G-B Assembly Speaker Wazir Baig’s threats to expose corrupt…