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    Record number of international climbers to summit peaks in Pakistan

    27 Jun 2022

    The Gilgit-Baltistan tourism department has already issued 700 permits to international climbers, and as many were expected to be issued this summer, an official told Dawn.

    Three climbers from Australia, Britain and Canada feared dead on Pakistani peaks

    28 Jul 2022

    A senior official told AFP that Canadian Richard Cartier and Australian Matthew Eakin were missing on K2, while Briton Gordon Henderson was lost climbing Broad Peak. "We cannot declare them dead until the bodies are found."

    Samina Baig and Dubai-based Naila make history, scale world’s second highest mountain K2

    22 Jul 2022

    The 31-year-old Samina reached the top of the 8,611-metre peak early on Friday as part of a seven-member local team, and was followed hours later by a second Pakistani woman, Dubai-based Naila Kiani.

    Pakistani man survives after being buried by avalanche for 24 hours

    29 May 2023

    A snowy avalanche in northern Pakistan killed 11 people on Saturday, including a 4-year-old boy, and injured 25 from a nomadic tribe as they crossed a mountainous area with their goat herds, police said.

    Avalanche kills at least 10 in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region

    27 May 2023

    "A group of around 35 nomads who were returning from Kashmir had set up camp close to a ravine," rescue official Subah Khan told AFP. "They were struck by an avalanche late at night that caused at least 10 deaths."

    Dubai-based Pakistani Naila Kiani survives Tibet avalanche as US climber, local guide killed

    08 Oct 2023

    A total of 52 climbers from various countries including the Pakistan, US, Japan, UK and Italy were attempting to summit the mountain when the avalanches hit. Climbing activities have since been suspended due to snow conditions.

    VIDEO: Three climbers missing on Pakistan's K2 mountain declared dead

    18 Feb 2021

    The announcement brings closure to a dramatic tragedy on one of the most dangerous mountains to climb in the world. K2 had never been scaled in winter until only last month, when a Nepalese team reached the peak. Sadpara's son, Sajid told reporters that he was grateful authorities had done their best to try to find the group.

    Pakistan's renowned mountaineer Sadpara, two others go missing while attempting to summit K2

    06 Feb 2021

    “It’s already been more than 30 hours, we have received no news of John Snorri, Ali Sadpara, and Juan Pablo Mohr, since none of the GPS trackers seem to be working,” Chhang Dawa Sherpa, their expedition manager, said in a statement. An army helicopter has conducted a search flight for the missing climbers, Sherpa said.

    Gilgit-Baltistan announces Rs3m for deceased mountaineer Sadpara’s family

    24 Feb 2021

    The GB cabinet held a special meeting chaired by Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan to pay tribute to Sadpara. The cabinet also approved establishment of Mohammad Ali Sadpara Institute of Adventure Sports Mountaineering and Rock Climbing in recognition of his services.

    Youngest Pakistani who scaled K2, fellow climber rescued

    07 Jul 2022

    The two — Shehroze Kashif, who last year scaled K2 at age 19, and Fazal Ali — went missing on Tuesday after scaling Nanga Parbat, known as “Killer Mountain” because of its dangerous conditions.

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