Tag: hunza
VIDEO: Hunza artists make huge snow sculpture of Baltit Fort
Taking advantage of the record snowfall in Hunza this year, artist Ismail Jatoori, along with his students, made a huge snow sculpture of historic Baltit...
Senator Talha sets world record by hunting 54-inch tall ibex
GILGIT: Senator Talha Mehmood hunted a 54-inch tall ibex in Gujjal Hunza area, setting a world record.
According to the wildlife department, Mehmood followed all...
Pakistan ranked among ‘10 coolest places to visit in 2019’
The world is a happening place and while we were busy keeping up with what's happening around the world, Forbes in a recent listicle...
FO official, husband suffocate to death in Hunza hotel
Syeda Fatemi, an assistant director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with her husband died of suffocation after a gas leakage in their...
Flood likely as another lake forms in Hunza
GILGIT: In what could possibly turn out to be a disaster waiting to happen, water has started flowing through a channel after a lake developed...
Daring death on the remote roads of Pakistan’s north
SHIMSHAL, HUNZA: The jeep bumps along a sloppy mud road carved between Pakistan's northern mountains, its tyres running with breathtaking precision along the very edge,...
WATCH: Shaheed Samiullah honoured in Hunza
Sepoy Samiullah, who embraced martyrdom along with six other soldiers in an ambush during an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in North Waziristan on Saturday, was...
GB organises Pakistan MUN 2018 conference in Hunza
ISLAMABAD: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) governor has organised the Pakistan Model United Nations’ (MUN) 2018 conference in Hunza to impart knowledge to students about public...
Two mountaineers stranded in Hunza avalanche rescued
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army teams rescued two British mountaineers stranded on Ultar Sar mountain located in Hunza Valley after an avalanche hit their tent, a local police official said...
Anita Nisar: First female MMA fighter from Hunza to win two...
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is slowly but steadily gaining popularity in Pakistan as a number of new fighters have emerged in the country.
Anita Nisar...
Rescue operation in Hunza’s Ulter Meadows continues after landsliding
HUNZA: The operation to rescue three missing civilians, lost in a landslide at Ulter Meadows area of Hunza, continues on the second day, Tuesday.
Earlier, two of...
Teenage boy hunts Himalayan Ibex, sets new record: report
GILGIT: 13-year-old Imam Haroon from Islamabad became the youngest hunter in the legal trophy hunting in Gilgit-Baltistan after he hunted a Himalayan Ibex in...
Pakistan’s highest settlement: Shimsal
At 3,100m, Shimshal is the highest settlement in Pakistan’s northern Hunza region and the last village before the Chinese border. It is reachable via...
Obama praises Pakistani scholar on 100th birthday
US President Barack Obama has praised renowned Pakistani scholar Allama Nasiruddin Hunzai on his 100th birth anniversary, saying his work will continue to broaden...
