Pakistan has five mountains higher than 8,000 metres (26,240ft), and Sadiq Sadpara has climbed them all. I meet him among the rutted roads and chicken crates of Skardu’s Old Bazaar, where, after ...

My hiking boots send stones skittering down the hillside like a torrent of grey golf balls. Valleys in the Karakoram ...

ISLAMABAD – Islamic militants disguised as policemen killed 10 foreign climbers and a Pakistani guide in a brazen overnight raid against their campsite at the base of one of the world’s tallest ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan has issued no warnings or restrictions for mountaineering expeditions in the north, an official said Sunday, despite the recent deaths of climbers. Climbers were well ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani man who became ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) – The use of drones in Pakistan normally brings to mind images of U.S. spy planes attacking tribal areas. But drones now are being used to capture a different kind of picture in 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 ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Japanese climber has died while trying to scale one of the highest mountains in northern Pakistan and a search is still underway to find his missing colleague, officials ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A German mountaineer and Olympic gold medalist who was injured while attempting to scale a peak in northern Pakistan is stranded on the mountain and search teams were forced ...

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 ...