Category: Hunza


  • Aga Khan Agency for Habitat and Government of Gilgit-Baltistan sign the Resilient Hunza Plan

    Aga Khan Agency for Habitat and Government of Gilgit-Baltistan sign the Resilient Hunza Plan

    The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH Pakistan) has signed a…

  • Analyzing the recent “Sponsored Graffiti” in Hunza along the Karakoram Highway

    Analyzing the recent “Sponsored Graffiti” in Hunza along the Karakoram Highway

    The sensitivity and emotional attachment of people of Gilgit-Baltistan with the…

  • AKAH Pakistan join hands with the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan to design a major water supply project in Central Hunza

    AKAH Pakistan join hands with the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan to design a major water supply project in Central Hunza

    The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) Pakistan, signed a partnership…

  • Hunza is Waking Up!

    Hunza is Waking Up!

    Hunza sit-in demanding the release of 14 political prisoners incarcerated for…

  • COVID-19: Hunza at the crossroads of a wonderful victory and a deadly defeat

    COVID-19: Hunza at the crossroads of a wonderful victory and a deadly defeat

    Because of the meticulous measures taken by the community to deal…

  • The book-delivery boys of Passu Hunza

    The book-delivery boys of Passu Hunza

    As dark clouds wrap descend on the famous Passu Cones, a…

  • Coronavirus and the Hunza Model

    Coronavirus and the Hunza Model

    Here are the reasons why Hunza has emerged successfully so far…

  • Innovative Strategies to Decrease burden on Doctors and Nurses  During COVID-19 Outbreak

    Innovative Strategies to Decrease burden on Doctors and Nurses During COVID-19 Outbreak

    During 2000-2003, Thailand introduced the task-shifting model among its different cadre…

  • 7 Photo-stories on World Water Day 2020 from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral (GBC)

    7 Photo-stories on World Water Day 2020 from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral (GBC)

    World Water Day is celebrated every year on 22nd March as…

  • Hunza Police Raids and Seizes 230 liters of Araq, arrests illegal Hunza Moonshine maker

    Hunza Police Raids and Seizes 230 liters of Araq, arrests illegal Hunza Moonshine maker

    Hunza Police had raided an illegal Hunza moonshine distillery in Altit…

  • Watch Anita “The Arm Collector” Karim beat Marie Ruumet in ONE Warrior Series 10

    Watch Anita “The Arm Collector” Karim beat Marie Ruumet in ONE Warrior Series 10

    Pakistani Mixed Martis Arts fighter Anita Karim was victorious in ONE…

  • Anita Karim victorious in ONE Warrior Series 10 against Estonia’s Marie Ruumet

    Anita Karim victorious in ONE Warrior Series 10 against Estonia’s Marie Ruumet

    Pakistan’s first female MMA fighter Anita Karim was unanimously victorious against…

  • Winter Tech Camp by TechScape and Accelerate Prosperity Pakistan concluded at KIU Gilgit

    Winter Tech Camp by TechScape and Accelerate Prosperity Pakistan concluded at KIU Gilgit

    TechScape and Accelerate Prosperity (AP Pakistan) concluded the Winter Tech Camp…

  • Nestlé Pakistan to recycle 220,000 kgs of plastic waste in Hunza

    Nestlé Pakistan to recycle 220,000 kgs of plastic waste in Hunza

    Nestlé Pakistan, District Council Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan Waste Management Company (GBWMC) and…

  • In Pictures: His Highness Aga Khan’s First Visit to Hunza in 1960

    In Pictures: His Highness Aga Khan’s First Visit to Hunza in 1960

    On October 23, 1960, a historic occasion unfolded in the picturesque…

  • AKAH Celebrates Global Handwashing Day 2019

    AKAH Celebrates Global Handwashing Day 2019

    Aga Khan Agency of Habitat (AKAH) in close coordination with other…

  • Karakoram Area Development Organization (KADO) appoints its first-ever female CEO

    Karakoram Area Development Organization (KADO) appoints its first-ever female CEO

    Karakoram Area Development Organization, better known as its acronym KADO, has…

  • Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Raises Awareness on National School Safety Day in Pakistan

    Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Raises Awareness on National School Safety Day in Pakistan

    To protect school children from natural disasters and other insecurities, the…

  • Sirbaz Khan from Hunza Valley becomes first Pakistani to climb Mount Lhotse

    Sirbaz Khan from Hunza Valley becomes first Pakistani to climb Mount Lhotse

    History has been made early morning in Nepal as Sirbaz Khan,…

  • Brigadier Inayat Hussain from Hunza promoted to the rank of Major General in Pakistan Army

    Brigadier Inayat Hussain from Hunza promoted to the rank of Major General in Pakistan Army

    Brigadier Inayat Hussain hailing from Ganish town of the central Hunza…

  • Zulfiqar Essa: Contending for the Hult Prize 2019 with a Million Dollar Idea

    Zulfiqar Essa: Contending for the Hult Prize 2019 with a Million Dollar Idea

    “My name is Zulfiqar Essa and I’m from Hyderabad, Hunza. I’m…

  • MMA Fighter from Gilgit-Baltistan to face his Afghani opponent at SLFC

    MMA Fighter from Gilgit-Baltistan to face his Afghani opponent at SLFC

    MMA fighter Shah Nawaz is all set to face his Afghani…

  • Sonaina Hamiya: Working on Preservation of Burushaski Lanuguage

    Sonaina Hamiya: Working on Preservation of Burushaski Lanuguage

    My name is Sonaina and I’m from Aliabad, Hunza. I’ve recently…

  • Introducing #GBCProspers – Stories from Gilgit, Baltistan and Chitral

    Introducing #GBCProspers – Stories from Gilgit, Baltistan and Chitral

    Every day when we wake up, we struggle hard to make…

  • Newlywed CSS Officer and husband found dead in their hotel room in Hunza

    Newlywed CSS Officer and husband found dead in their hotel room in Hunza

    Newlyweds from Islamabad have been found dead in a hotel in…

  • First ever Gojal Futsal Cup to kick off in Islamabad this December

    First ever Gojal Futsal Cup to kick off in Islamabad this December

    The first ever edition of Gojal Futsal Cup 2018 is all…

  • Journalist from Gilgit-Baltistan Shortlisted for the Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2018

    Journalist from Gilgit-Baltistan Shortlisted for the Foreign Press Association Media Awards 2018

    Gohar Abbas from Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan has been shortlisted for…

  • Father and newlywed son pass away of suffocation in Gojal, Hunza

    Father and newlywed son pass away of suffocation in Gojal, Hunza

    Two including a father (65) and newlywed son (29) have passed…

  • Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon swears in as the Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan

    Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon swears in as the Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan

    Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon has sworn in as the 7th Governor…

  • Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan Resigns

    Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan Resigns

    Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan has resigned after about three…