An avalanche struck the 8,047-metre peak, the world’s 12th-highest mountain, around midday on Thursday, leaving a 10-member international expedition out of contact. Base Camp sources said the missing team includes five Nepali climbers, one Pakistani, one Chinese, and one American mountaineer.
SKARDU — The search operation for climbers missing after an avalanche on Broad Peak entered its second day on Saturday, as international rescue teams arrived to reinforce the effort. According to base...
Days before an avalanche swallowed a team of ten climbers on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, Nirmal “Nims” Purja sat down and wrote a message to the world that now reads less like a training...
KARACHI — The Sindh Cabinet has approved a five-year inclusive education partnership between the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) and the Aga Khan University’s...
Search and rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 8 climbers from the site of Thursday’s avalanche on Broad Peak, according to sources at Base Camp, as efforts continue to locate the...
An avalanche has struck a team of climbers on Broad Peak, the world’s 12th-highest mountain, leaving around 10 climbers feared missing, the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) has confirmed. The...
Skardu: The Gilgit-Baltistan Cabinet Department has issued a notification assigning portfolios to seven provincial ministers, formalizing key appointments within the newly constituted 12-member...
SKARDU — The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) has formally requested permission from the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan to relocate its Early Childhood Development (ECD) centers and School...
GENEVA — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has appealed for calm in Azad Kashmir, as a wave of unrest tied to the region’s Legislative Assembly elections has left...
The first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections has concluded, with all 13 seats in the Mirpur Division now decided. But tensions remain high in the region following...