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Polish climber Tomasz Mackiewicz during his trip on Nanga Parbat mountain in Pakistan January 2014. Picture taken January 2014. (Reuters) A Polish climber was presumed dead after rescuers called off ...

Shamim Bano, a middle-school teacher, has recently returned from a fortnight in Kabul where she taught Afghan women to do search and rescue work. The training “involved climbing mountains and gorges ...

Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), a land of towering peaks, lush valleys, and glacial rivers, has long captivated travellers seeking adventure and serenity, yet, behind its postcard beauty lies a recurring ...

GILGIT: Two-day Bam-i-Dunya Film Festival kicked off in Gilgit on Friday to mark the International Mountain Day with the aim to promote responsible mountain tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan. The inaugural ...

Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, home to five of the world’s 14 tallest mountains, has logged a drop of nearly 90% in the number of foreign climbers this season A view of the Passu Glacier, ...

For 22-year-old university student Saifullah Abbas Afridi, attending online classes is not as simple as sitting in front of a laptop and and logging in: Afridi has to climb a mountain and hunt for the ...

Seven decades after it took control of the region, Pakistan is moving to grant full statehood to Gilgit-Baltistan, which appears as the northernmost part of the country in its official map. The scenic ...