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Militants briefly kidnap Pak minister after blocking road linking Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit BaltistanMilitants demanding the release of their jailed accomplices set up blockades on one of the major arteries linking Pakistan's restive provin...
Karakoram & conflicts: American mountaineer Steve Swenson, recalls making his way through a volatile landscapeAmerican mountaineer Steve Swenson, who climbed Everest and K2 and made the first ascent of Saser Kangri II, recalls making his way through...
Indian mathematician Radhanath Sikdar first to identify Everest as highest mountain peakIndian mathematician and surveyor Radhanath Sikdar was probably the first person to identify that Mount Everest was the world's highest pea...
China asks Pakistan to guarantee safety of its nationalsAbout 14 to 16 Taliban gunmen disguised as soldiers killed nine foreign tourists and a Pakistani guide in an unprecedented attack on a base...
9 foreign tourists, 1 guide killed in Pakistan Taliban attackThe attackers targeted a camp at Buner Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan that serves as a base for mountaineers headed for Nanga Parbat, the world...
- Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's foreign minister: Just a Greenhorn or Rising star?
Pakistan’s youngest and first woman foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar will be watched for how she stands her ground on thorny issues.
Kashmir Unveiled: A short train ride through the valleyKashmir Valley has got a train 155 years after the first one ran in India between Bombay & Pune in 1853. Read the revelatory experience. Wo...
- Paradise on earth; Kashmir Valley
This is what Emperor Jehangir is reported to have said soulfully about Kashmir —“ If there is paradise on Earth, it is here, it is here, it...