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Pakistan reels from floods

By thehighasia
September 18, 2022
in :  Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia, Karakoram Ranges, Latest, Pakistan
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After record temperatures and drought, swaths of Pakistan lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in.

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GilgitApp: a startup making its mark in eCommerce

By thehighasia
September 18, 2022
in :  Business, Gilgit-Baltistan, Latest, Slider, Technology
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ECommerce

Through GilgitApp, you can buy and sell a wide range of products, including cars, motorbikes, mobile phones, laptops, home appliances, rent a property and pets.

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Man-made catastrophe

By thehighasia
August 26, 2022
in :  Development, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia, Karakoram Ranges, Opinion, Pakistan, Slider
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Disaster

The scale, scope and spread of the 2022 floods have surpassed the super floods of 2010. The monsoon rains have created unprecedented havoc in all regions of the country stretching from Gilgit-Baltistan and KP to Sindh, southern Punjab and Balochistan.

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Pakistan at 75 and Gilgit-Baltistan’s future

By thehighasia
August 14, 2022
in :  Development, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia, Islamabad, Opinion, Pakistan, Tourism
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G-B Masp

By Ziauddin Ali Shah As Pakistan commemorates the 75th Independence Day, it is important to reflect upon the achievements, failures, developments and issues in Gilgit-Baltistan from different perspectives and see how, as a nation, we have reached this adversity. The region, administered by Pakistan, is home to the three largest mountain ranges and massif of snow-clad lofty peaks, scenic pastures, …

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Scaling all 8000ers: Sirbaz inches closer to goal

By thehighasia
August 14, 2022
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia, Karakoram Ranges
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Gashaerbrum-I summit

Sirbaz Ali Khan scaled on August 12, 2022, Gasherbrum-I, the 11th highest mountain in the world, and the 12th on the list of his target of scaling all 14 peaks News Desk Internationally acclaimed mountaineer Sirbaz Ali Khan Friday (August 12) put another feather in his cap by scaling Gasharbrum-I the 11th highest mountain in the world. With the summit …

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GLOFs pose major threats to people in G-B, Chitral

By thehighasia
August 13, 2022
in :  Archives, Central Asia, Chitral, Disaster, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia, Karakoram Ranges
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Steve Cole, Erin Guiltenane In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. The findings, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, will help researchers assessing the potential hazards …

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Another feather in the cap of Kashif Shehroze

By thehighasia
August 8, 2022
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia, Karakoram Ranges, Latest News, Slider, Sports
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Youngest climber on G-II

Kashif Shehroze aka Broadboy on Aug 8, 2022 became the youngest climber in the world to summit Gasherbrum-II mountain.

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K2 is beginning to look a lot like Everest

By thehighasia
July 29, 2022
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Climbing

When 145 climbers summited K2 in a single record-breaking day last week, it made the second-highest mountain in the world look more like Everest at its crowded worst.

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K2: 6 women achieve milestones in mountaineering

By thehighasia
July 23, 2022
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, Karakoram Ranges, Pakistan, Slider, Sports, Tourism
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women-climbers

Pakistan's Samina Baig and Naila Kiani, as well as Iranian Afsaneh Hesamifard, Lebanese-Arab Nelly Attar, Bangladesh's Wasifa Nazreen and Stefi Torguet of Andorra stand on the second highest peak on earth. Over a dozen climbers reach the summit. Afghan climber dies of heart attack

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Why are glaciers melting at such a rapid rate?

By thehighasia
July 16, 2022
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Flood devastation

Concerns as glaciers melt in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan is home to more than 7,000 glaciers, but rising global temperatures are causing them to melt rapidly.

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Climbing season reaches new heights

By thehighasia
July 8, 2022
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AFP Pakistan is enjoying a bumper climbing season with around 1,400 foreign mountaineers bidding to scale its lofty peaks — including hundreds on the 8,611-metre (28,251-feet) K2, the world’s second highest. “It is a record number,” Raja Nasir Ali Khan, Minister for Tourism, Gilgit-Baltistan, told AFP. The country is home to five of the world’s 14 mountains higher than 8,000 …

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Gilgit-Baltistan and climate change

By thehighasia
July 8, 2022
in :  Conservation, Disaster, Ecology, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia, Research Paper, Tourism
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Climate-=change

There is a need to assess these risks and challenges, and their impacts on biodiversity, ecology and human wellbeing of Hindu Kush-Himalaya regions

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Flash floods wreak havoc in GB, claim 8 lives

By Inayat Amir
July 7, 2022
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By Inayat Amir Flash floods and landslides have wreaked havoc in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral claiming eight lives during the last week. Unprecedented heatwave exacerbated the glacier melt and outburst of lakes, swelling streams and rivers that triggered flash floods and landslides in Ghizer, Hunza, Diamer, Baltistan and Chitral. Local residents are busy with rescue work at Sherqilla. Photos by Sher …

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Three women set new records in mountaineering

By thehighasia
July 6, 2022
in :  Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia, Pakistan, Slider
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Mountaineering

Tseng Ko-Erh aka Grace Tseng from Taiwanese and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (Akita) become the first woman in their countries to conquer Nanga Parbat

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Climber Iman Karim falls to death on G-II

By Inayat Amir
July 5, 2022
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Iman Karim was part of an expedition along with noted mountaineer Sirbaz Khan and Rana Javed.

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Tracking 3 decades of dramatic glacial lake growth

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using a 30-year satellite data record have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. Courtest: NASA/National Geographic

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