Thousands of residents in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan have blocked the Karakoram Highway for the third straight day, protesting against the Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government’s trade ...

A two-time Olympic gold medalist has died after she was struck by falling rocks while climbing in Pakistan. Laura Dahlmeier, 31, had ascended around 18,700ft (5,699.8m) on Laila Peak in the Karakoram ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Friday prayers have ended, and the streets of Rawalpindi are hot, noisy and rammed. Mopeds growl as they edge through the crowd. In the ...

July 29 (UPI) --An international team is trying to rescue badly injured former Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier from a peak on Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains. A falling rock struck and ...

This year's expedition to the Hindu Kush Mountains in Afghanistan didn't work out, so our alternative destination were the Karakoram mountains in Pakistan. Radoslav Groh (Radar) came up with the idea ...

Escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan have thrown spring climbing expeditions into disarray, and even the June-July Karakoram season is uncertain. Sean McLane and Vitaliy Musiyenko of the ...

On the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza Valley in Pakistan’s mountainous far north, Tariq Jamil measures the ice's movement and takes photos. Later, he creates a report that includes ...

On 14 October 2025 French alpinists Gaëtan Navarrete and Julien Priour made the first ascent of Khurdopin Sar (6,458m) in the Karakoram, Pakistan. The pair made their alpine style ascent via the south ...

On the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan’s mountainous far north, Tariq Jamil measures the ice’s movement and snaps photos. Later, he creates a report that includes ...

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