by Abdullah Bai A rescue team in a daring operation retrieved the body of Imtiyaz Ahmed from a peak in Hindu Kush mountain range in Ghizer District of Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday. The body was taken to Shimshal and laid to rest amid tears. A large number of people, family members, and fellow climbers laid him to rest after a week’s …
Herald special report Six climbers are stranded on a peak in the Hindu Kush mountain range of Gilgit-Baltistan as an avalanche struck an Italian expedition team early Monday morning, diplomatic sources and tour operators said. The avalanche struck four Italian and three Pakistani climbers at an altitude of 5,300 meters on the peak in Ishkoman valley of Ghizer District, Ms …
An 18-member expedition arrives in Pakistan to attempt Broad Peak Herald Report Islamabad, June 17: As monsoon season settles into the Himalayas, it’s time to turn slightly further west, to the Karakorum. Here, porters and climbers are already approaching the base of Pakistan’s five 8000ers. A number of climbing stars and innovative teams will share these peaks with ever more …
Madeeha Syed It’s only just the start of the summer mountaineering season in the Himalayas and the Karakoram and already our Pakistani climbers have made us proud. On May 14, Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani to ever summit Lhotse in Nepal. At 8,516m it’s the fourth highest mountain in the world. This 32-year-old budding mountaineer from Aliabad, Hunza in …
The two men went missing on February 24 while ascending the mountain Herald Report Rescuers have found the bodies of the two European climbers who went missing almost two weeks ago on the Himalayan mountains in Gilgit-Baltistan, the Italian ambassador to Pakistan has said. Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo said the search team had confirmed that silhouettes spotted on the mountain were the …
HOSSAM EL-HAMALAWY Counterrevolution has taken hold across much of the region, but uprisings in Sudan and elsewhere show the potential for the tide to turn, writes Egyptian journalist and socialist activist Hossam el-Hamalawy, in an article published at Al Araby. Eight years after the explosion of the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions, the situation in the region looks bleak in the eyes of …
News Desk Helicopter and drone reconnaissance flights have discovered that massive avalanches have swept the Mummery Spur in the last few days. The search gamely continues for Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard, but back home, the fatalistic comments have already started. “I guess we’re now searching for bodies,” Italian climber Simone Moro told The Times. After transferring the Basque climber Alex …
