Umar Bacha

Umar has been a journalist for the past 12 years in Pakistan. He is the founder and editor of The Northern Post. He writes on human rights, social issues, climate change, and international relations. He is a fellow of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and a recipient of the Equitable Asia Award 2021 and the Hostwriter Award 2023. Additionally, he has received two Humanitarian Reporting Awards from CEJ-IBA consecutively in 2020-21. He also contributes to national and international publications.

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Umar Bacha11/08/2019
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Reconstruction of suspension bridge demanded
SHANGLA: The residents of Faiz Dara Damorai have demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to reconstruct the suspension bridge demolished…
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Umar Bacha11/02/2019
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Jambera bridge in bad condition
SHANGLA: A busy suspension wooden bridge over the Indus river connecting Maira of Bisham tehsil Shangla with Jambera area of…
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Umar Bacha10/26/2019
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Unsafe water used in different parts of Shangla
People in Shangla used water is hazardous to health as a majority of the local people used untested water, supplied…
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Umar Bacha10/21/2019
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Over 22,000 girls below nine years out of school in Shangla
Around 550 girl students in Shangla district quit education halfway every year for various reasons, including inaccessibility, absence of schools,…
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Umar Bacha10/15/2019
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Massive protest of Shangla teachers in Bisham against DEO Nawab murder
SHANGLA: Teachers of private and government educational institutions have observed black day in Shangla here on Tuesday, thousands of teachers…
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Reconstruction of suspension bridge demanded

Jambera bridge in bad condition

Unsafe water used in different parts of Shangla

Over 22,000 girls below nine years out of school in Shangla

Massive protest of Shangla teachers in Bisham against DEO Nawab murder