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K2 is beginning to look a lot like Everest

By thehighasia
July 29, 2022
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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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Chorbat residents protest rampant arrests by police

By thehighasia
April 19, 2022
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The community members in Chorbat area of Baltistan including women and children have left their villages and taken to the streets for the second time in less than a month to protest against the growing police victimization of their community members.The community members have reported that the police are raiding their homes and detaining male members without following due course …

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Disaster risk management: GBDMA role slammed

By thehighasia
January 12, 2022
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Media, activists call for creating awareness about disaster risk management, quake-resistance infrastructures; special focus on differently-abled persons needs  By Ghulamuddin Media and civil society activists have criticized the irregularities in the distribution of relief goods among earthquake-affected people in Baltistan’s Rondu sub-Division and the incompetence of disaster-risk management and emergency service departments. They demanded the Gilgit-Baltistan government and Disaster Management …

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PM Khan opens Skardu airport, a strategic highway

By thehighasia
December 17, 2021
in :  Baltistan Division, Development, Gilgit-Baltistan, Himalayas, Politics, Slider, Tourism
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Imran Khan's Skardu visit

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 …

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Siachen: two pilots die in a copter crash

By thehighasia
December 7, 2021
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Herald Report Islamabad, Dec 6: Two pilots have embraced martyrdom on Monday after an Army Aviation helicopter crashed at Siachen in Baltistan’s Ghanche district, the military’s media wing said. The helicopter was on a routine reconnoitre in Chhorbat’s Shyuk sector when it crashed apparently due to a technical fault. The martyred pilots were Major Irfan Barcha and Major Raja Zeeshan …

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12 HAPs from Hushe scale skyscrapers of Karakoram

By thehighasia
July 31, 2021
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Young climbers made their debut climbing of 8000er after getting training from Hushe Welfare Mountaineering and Climbing School

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Pakistan’s youngest climber summits K2

By thehighasia
July 27, 2021
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It was a great day for the climbing community on Monday when Pakistan’s youngest climber Shehroze Kashif and four climbers from Hushe valley, Baltistan, submitted K2 at 8:30 am. Shehroze Kashif on K2 Shahroz reached the summit at 8:20 am and the Hushe team at 8:30 am.Mazahir Anjum, the media coordinator of the Team Hushe K2 Expedition 2021, told The …

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Pakistan’s youngest climber Shehroz, four from Hushe Valley summit K2

By thehighasia
July 27, 2021
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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 …

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Ali Sadpara — the man who whispered to mountains

By thehighasia
February 12, 2021
in :  Baltistan Division, Climate Change, Climbing, Gilgit-Baltistan, Karakoram Ranges, Latest, Mountaineering, Pakistan, Slider
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Owais Toheed Ali Sadpara has gone missing on the world’s second tallest mountain, K2, along with two other climbers John Snorri of Iceland and Chilean Juan Pablo Mohr. This is a friend’s tribute to Sadpara. “His arm was outstretched, hand gripping the serac ice wall in K2’s notorious Bottleneck. That’s my last image of my father. That’s how I want …

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K2: hopes for survival of three climbers waning

By thehighasia
February 10, 2021
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Search-rescue-operation remains suspended due to bad weather High Asia Herald Report File Photo of missing mountaineers: (From L-R) John Snorri of Iceland, Muhammad Ali Sadpara of Gilgit-Baltistan, and Juan Pablo Mohr of Chile. Islamabad: Hopes for the survival of the three mountain climbers who went missing last Friday while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second highest mountain, are waning. …

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Fake news adds to the woes of climbers’ families

By thehighasia
February 6, 2021
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No trace of Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr; Sherpas are moving up to bring down Sajid. High Asia Herald Exclusive Iclandic climber John Snorri Islamabad: The fake news spread earlier about the success of the K2 expedition has just added to the confusion as there is no information about the three missing climbers on the savage …

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K2WinterExpedition: Bulgarian climber falls to death

By thehighasia
February 5, 2021
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As all eyes are on K2 to witness the historic moment of scaling the world’s second-highest mountain peak by Mohammad Ali Sadpara without oxygen in winter, a Bulgarian climber fell to death on Friday.

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K2 winter ascent: 10 Nepali climbers make history

By thehighasia
January 17, 2021
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Renowned Spanish mountaineer falls to death on the ‘savage mountain’ News Desk Ten climbers from Nepal set a new world record on Saturday by becoming the first to reach the summit of K2, the world’s second highest mountain, in winter. On the same day, a Spanish climber from a separate expedition to the savage mountain fell to his death. Sergi …

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More than ‘ethnic’ cuisines-II

By thehighasia
June 24, 2020
in :  Baltistan Division, Chitral, Features, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Gojal, Health, Khaplu, Latest, Lifestyle, Nagar, People, Slider, Tourism
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Naba Basar discovers the secrets of healthy, organic and innovative mountain cuisine from Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. She shares her experiences of the mountain regions adventure, hospitality, social customs, lifestyle in a series of features for The High Asia Herald readers. Soups   Don’t expect to find the Chinese soups you are accustomed to in cities. You may or may not …

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Students take to roads: protest against online classes, poor internet service

By thehighasia
June 23, 2020
in :  Baltistan Division, Education, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Islamabad, Kashmir, Latest, Latest News, Lockdown, Pakistan, Pandemic, Slider
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Student’s Solidarity Protest against Poor Internet connectivity & falsified policies of HEC regarding online classes organised by All Baltistan Movement in Skardu.#teamABM Posted by ABM (All Baltistan Movement) on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Students from GB, Kashmir, ex-Fata districts, Seraiki and Balochistan regions demand suspension of online classes, waiver of fees Inayat Abdali, Iqbal Salik & Aunil Muntazir   Gilgit/Ghizer/Skardu/Islamabad: …

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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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