The Gilgit-Baltistan police and the wildlife officials are searching for the person (s) who might have killed the highest rated female Astore markhor in the Bunji area of the district despite a ...

At least 750 people have been hospitalised with cholera and gastroenteritis in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (GB) Astore district, the district health officer (DHO) told Dawn.com on Wednesday. Astore DHO Dr ...

The Kara­koram Highway (KKH) was reopened for traffic on Sunday, but the Astore Valley road remained blocked amid heavy rainfall and landslides in Gilgit-Baltistan, while authorities in Azad Jammu and ...

At least nine people were killed in an avalanche that occurred in northern Pakistan close to the border with China, officials said on May 27. The avalanche occurred early in the morning in the Astore ...

This photo, taken Jan. 29, shows a view of snow-covered homes in the Naltar Valley, some 15 miles north of Gilgit in Pakistan's remote mountainous north. Bryan Harlan, a mortgage banking executive, ...

Light tremors were felt in Gilgit, Skardu, Astore and adjoining areas on Sunday, sparking brief panic among residents. The earthquake was recorded at a magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter scale, with a ...

GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) — A snowy avalanche in northern Pakistan killed 11 people Saturday, including a 4-year-old boy, and injured 25 from a nomadic tribe as they crossed a mountainous area with their ...