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: 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 ...

The Gilgit-Baltistan has the potential to attract tourism in the region, the region become tourism destination to tourists after East Indian company came to subcontinent in 18 th century. The British ...

GILGIT: Climate change impacts are becoming increasingly visible in Gilgit-Baltistan, where below-normal snowfall has left much of the region unusually dry this winter. Light snowfall was recorded in ...

Pakistan is experiencing an intense heatwave this year, with the mercury crossing 50°C in some parts of the country. In its weather outlook for May 26-31, the National Disaster Management Authority ...

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 ...

When the twin towers were hit on September 11, there was panic in Pakistan’s Hunza Valley. Javed Ali was sitting in the lobby of his hotel, the Hilltop, when the news came in. There were shrieks and ...

Two-day long Karakorum International Mountain film festival begun in Gilgit on Wednesday. Addressing the ceremony, Chief Secretary Dr. Kazim Niaz said tourism sector is flourishing in Gilgit Baltistan ...

Gilgit-Baltistan goes to the polls today in what is more than a routine regional election. For Pakistan's most remote and northernmost region, where geography, climate, infrastructure and political ...