HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad: A book on studies of three major mountain regions of Pakistan has been published. The book, titled: Mountain Studies Understanding and Managing  Mountains for people and Nature is an important resource book for researchers, academia, students, and environmentalists as well as the people living in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya (HKH) regions. The book contains …

After record temperatures and drought, swaths of Pakistan lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in.

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.

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 …

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.

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

Iman Karim was part of an expedition along with noted mountaineer Sirbaz Khan and Rana Javed.

Unprecedented flash floods, water scarcity, dying glaciers, abruptly changing weather patterns, rising cases of rare diseases, and climate-change-induced loss of natural habitat are some of the discernible symptoms that are already on display in Pakistan.

Herald Report SKARDU: Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Skardu International Airport saying it will promote international tourism in the region. He also opened the under-construction Jaglot-Skardu road during a day-long visit to Baltistan’s headquarters on Thursday. The airport in Skardu was previously only operational for domestic flights. However, its status was elevated on December 2, 2020, to receive international …

The contested fortress and neoliberal models of conservation and development have proven disastrous and failed in the world.

High Asia Herald Report Pakistan’s youngest climber Shehroz Kashif and four climbers from Hushe Baltistan reached to the top of the second highest mountain of the world at 8:30am. It was great day for mountaineering community on Monday when Pakistan’s youngest climber Shehroz Kashif and four climbers from Hushe, Baltistan, successfully did summit K-2 at 8:30am. Shahroz reached to the …

Pemba Tashi Sherpa, a young climbing guide of Nepal and five-time sumteer of Mount Everest, has fallen to death on thetallest peak of the world, becoming the third casualty of the season, Nepali and international media reported.

Sirbaz Khan, a young mountaineer from Gilgit-Baltistan has another notch on his belt in 26 days by reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday morning. With the latest achievement, Sirbaz has now conquered seven 8000ers in his treacherous journey to fulfil his dream of putting his foot on the top of the 14 tallest peaks of the world.

HAH Special Correspondent Islamabad: Shehroze Kashif has become the first youngest Pakistani climber and the fourth in the world to summit Mount Everest, the tallest peak of the world. According to media reports the 19 years old climber put his foot on the top of the 8849-meters high peak at 5:02am on Tuesday (11 May 2021) as a part of …

News Desk A Pakistani climbers team are in Nepal to make mountaineering history by attempting Annapurna to pay tribute to the late Muhammad Ali Sadpara, who died on K2 on February 5, 2021, along with two Western mountaineers. The four-climber team will attempt the 10th highest mountain peak of the world as a tribute to the high-altitude porters of Gilgit-Baltistan. …