Last year over 17,000 tourists flocked to Kalash valley which is comprised of three valleys with 4,000 population. Herald Report In remote Kalash valley of Chitral, the Kalash minority community has preserved their unique culture, traditions, and lifestyle in the face of growing threats from external intrusion and coercion. Kalasha, a primitive pagan tribe, have a unique religion, culture, rituals …
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 …
Representatives of over a dozen indigenous peoples of mountainous regions discuss challenges, opportunities, and strategies at Bahrain conference Farman Ali The adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the 13th of September 2007 was a major step towards addressing the human rights violations against 400 million Indigenous peoples in over 70 countries. The Declaration …
Farman Baltistani SKARDU, May 2: A top army officer has said that ban on entry of tourists in restricted zones in Baltistan has been lifted to promote tourism in the region. “There were restricton on entry of domestic and foreign tourists in Kharmang, Tchorbat, Siachen, Gultary and Astore valleys which have now been lifted,” announced Force Commander Gilgit Baltistan Maj-General Ahsan …
Gul Nayab Islamabad: Residents of Yasin Valley, mostly youth and students residing in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, converged at the open air theatre of Lok Virsa on Sunday to celebrate their rich culture, art, and unique but endangered language ‘Burushaski’. The indigenous language is spoken over 150,000 people in Yasin, Nagar, and Hunza. “Burushaski is the …
By Farman Baltistani SKARDU: Participants of a conference have stressed the need for coordinated efforts and measures for the promotion of tourism in Baltistan that will help create jobs and earn the much-needed foreign exchange. They were of the view that the federal as well as regional governments can earn a substantial revenue by developing tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan. The first …
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 …
ISLAMABAD: Hopes dimmed for two European climbers who went missing on Nanga Parbat as helicopters failed to spot signs of the mountaineers Monday, increasing fears that they may have perished. Pakistani army helicopters that had earlier been grounded by foul weather scoured the peaks of Nanga Parbat for signs of Italian Daniele Nardi and Scotsman Tom Ballard, who have been missing …
Search party flown to Nanga Parbat Base Camp to help find missing British climber and his Italian partner Herald Report A search for two climbers missing on the world’s ninth-highest mountain resumed on Monday after being hampered by bad weather, media outlets reported. Basque climber Alex Txikon and three of his team, together with Pakistani climber Ramatullah Baig, finally …
ISLAMABAD: The snow covered mountains of Murree are not only showcasing beautiful scenery of snow nowadays, but have also become a point of attraction for tourists from all over Pakistan. A huge number of tourists all across the country especially from Punjab visited Snow covered Malka-e-Kohsar, Murree on the weekend to enjoy the mesmerising spell of snowfall at its beautiful hills. …
