On the occasion of International Mountain Day, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called upon the youth to become ambassadors of environmental protection. He stressed the need for joint action to ensure ...

A 31-year-old Pakistani man, who went missing in June 1997 in an ice cave, was found perfectly preserved by a local shepherd. The discovery puts an end to a painful three-decade-long search for a ...

It was a routine day, and 26-year-old Muntazer Mehdi had performed his mid-afternoon prayers. Then, after lunch, the mountains started growling. The tailor, who lived in Chogogrung village at the ...

Some link the anomaly to the area's cold climate or even increased use of agricultural water in Pakistan that creates more ...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan is observing International Mountain Day in solidarity with the ...

At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers. Warmer winters as a result of climate ...

HUNZA, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A menacing black glacier is bulldozing its way down a valley in northern Pakistan, threatening to cut off a vital road link to China and blocking ...

With over 7,000 glaciers, Pakistan holds one of the largest reserves of glacial ice outside the polar regions. These glaciers feed the Indus River system, serving as a backbone of national water ...

ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pakistan will invest $8.5 million to expand a network of glacier monitoring stations tracking the pace of glacial melt in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and ...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan is observing International Mountain Day in solidarity with the global ...

The ice forms in the shape of cones that resemble Buddhist stupas, and act as a storage system -- steadily melting throughout spring when temperatures rise ...