Correspondent SKARDU, Aug 19: The first ever cold desert jeep rally started here on Saturday. Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Speaker #Fida #Muhammad #Nashad inaugurated the event. While addressing the guests and the participating drivers, he announced that next year the event will be organized at international level. He said Baltistan is home to lofty peaks including K2, the world’s second highest …

News  Desk ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: American-British Mountaineer #Vanessa #O’Brien, who scaled K2 last month, said on Tuesday that the warmth and love she received in Pakistan was matchless stating, “I love Pakistan’s people more than its mountains.” Addressing a news conference at a local hotel, Vanessa said she had found Pakistani people loving and caring. “I love Pakistan, its people …

HAH Correspondent SKARDU, Aug 14: All is set for highest cold desert jeep rally being held this week. About 200 drivers from abroad, Pakistan and locals will participate in the event, officials told The High Asia Herald on Sunday. The #Sarfa #Ranga in #Shigar District of #Baltistan Division, about 20km off Skardu, is one of the highest cold deserts in …

By Farman Baltistani SKARDU, Aug 6: Floods and landslides have devastated Sadpara valley and Skardu town of Baltistan Division. Hundreds of tourists are stranded in Skardu due to the road blockade. Flash-floods and landslide caused by torrential rain and lightning hit Sadpara Village on Thursday last damaging three hotels, 80 houses, bridges, Deosai road, farmlands, trees worth millions of rupees and …

Farman Baltistani SKARDU (Baltistan), Aug 1: Five people are missing and two injured as a jeep has fallen into a river, police told The High Asia Herald. According to local people and police, the jeep with seven passengers on board was coming to Skardu from Askoli, when it fell into the Shigar River near Mushan Village approximately 90km from here …

News Desk ISLAMABAD, July 28: While on the political front, Friday brought doom and gloom for politicians, as the country’s 13th elected prime minister was ousted from the top slot of the government, it brought joy for mountaineers as they conquered K2, the second highest mountain in the world. The climbers made it to the summit for the first time …

SKARDU, July 21: A baby who was stolen from the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital here, 10 days ago has been recovered, police sources told The High Asia Herald on Friday. SSP Skardu Raja Mirza Hassan said the 45 days Mohsin Raza had been recovered from Shahzada, a resident of Chilas, and father of a seven years old and a five …

Skardu: A team of Pakistani and international mountaineers climbed the Broad Peak (8051 m), 12th highest mountain in the world ACP, quoting Furtenbach Adventures, said a long weekend of bad weather on the 8,051 metre high peak, had almost made the expedition a nonstarter, but persistent wait paid off and the climbers scaled the summit. “Deep snow and strong winds …

Farman Baltistani SKARDU, July 18: Over one lakh domestic tourists have entered Gilgit-Baltistan during the last one month, an official said. “Gilgit-Baltistan is the safest and ideal tourist destination in the country,” Asim Ayub, Commissioner Baltistan Division said this at a press briefing here on Monday. Tourism is picking up as 122,000 domestic tourists entered the Gilgit-Baltistan during the last …

GILGIT: Heavy landslides have blocked the Gilgit-Skardu Road (S-1) at eleven different locations over the past two days, however, the road blocks at five locations have so far been cleared, the National Disaster Management Authority said on Friday. The landslides came after a spell of heavy rain in the region. Authorities, though, are working to clear the road blocks. Tourists too …

Herald Report SKARDU, July 14: One person died and two others were injured in a road accident on Deosai Road on Friday, police said. According to police sources, a loader truck fell into a deep ravine on Deosai Road as a result of which the driver died on the spot while two others sustained injuries. They were shifted to the …

GILGIT: Two youngsters drowned while swimming in a river in Khaplu, the district headquarters of Ghanche district, police said on Tuesday. They said four youngsters had gone to nearby river for swimming the other day (Monday), but two of them, Meraj, 27, and Ali, 25, drowned. They were residents of Khaplu. Police said the rescue 1122 personnel and local volunteers …

Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Hafiz Hafeez-ur-Rehman has taken serious notice of abduction of a child from Skardu Hospital. While expressing his sympathy with the affected family, he directed IG Police and DIG Baltistan Region to recover the abducted child and submit a report regarding the case. A one-and-half-month-old child was allegedly abducted from the district headquarters hospital, Skardu, on Tuesday. …

Herald Report   SKARDU, June 26: Gilgit-Baltistan’s chief minister has constituted a committee to probe the torture of a student of Cadet College Skardu amid protests by political and student organisations demanding an impartial inquiry into the incident. Taking notice of the incident, CM Hafeezur Rehman has set up a two-member committee comprised of Baltistan Division’s Commissioner and DIG Police …

Ghizer District of Gilgit-Baltistan is facing a major social challenge. A recent trend of suicide attempts has worried people of the area. The area, well-known for its high literacy rate, looks helpless in the wake of the serial suicide attempts, to which the youth of 14 to 25 years of age has proved to be the most vulnerable. According to …