Pakistan has five mountains higher than 8,000 metres (26,240ft), and Sadiq Sadpara has climbed them all. I meet him among the rutted roads and chicken crates of Skardu’s Old Bazaar, where, after ...

Northern Pakistan’s towering peaks attract hundreds of mountaineers annually, but these expeditions come with significant dangers. Each year, climbers from around the world attempt to conquer the ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) – The use of drones in Pakistan normally brings to mind images of U.S. spy planes attacking tribal areas. But drones now are being used to capture a different kind of picture in the ...

Sultana Nasab never planned to climb the world's second-tallest mountain while pregnant. But when the opportunity arose, she couldn't refuse. "There was a selection process for the first-ever ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan has issued no warnings or restrictions for mountaineering expeditions in the north, an official said Sunday, despite the recent deaths of climbers. Climbers were well ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A German mountaineer and Olympic gold medalist who was injured while attempting to scale a peak in northern Pakistan is stranded on the mountain and search teams were forced ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Friday prayers have ended, and the streets of Rawalpindi are hot, noisy and rammed. Mopeds growl as they edge through the crowd. In the ...