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 ...

A Polish climber has died after scaling Pakistan's Nanga Parbat, known as "killer mountain" for its dangerous conditions, local police and a mountaineering official said Tuesday. Pawel Tomasz Kopec ...

Pakistani women are hiking some of the world's tallest mountains and glacier trails, claiming a space that has long been out ...

Nanga Parbat is seen from the distant tourist camp of Fairy Meadows in Pakistan - Copyright AFP/File AMELIE HERENSTEIN Nanga Parbat is seen from the distant tourist ...

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 ...