A 7-km (4-mile) lake in northern Pakistan, created by a mountain mudslide, is threatening to burst and unleash potentially "catastrophic" floods downstream, officials warned on Saturday. People wade ...

GILGIT: An 11-year-old girl student died here on Monday allegedly due to violence by a female teacher in a government school in Ghizer district, police said. Ghizer police arrested the teacher and ...

GILGIT: A severe food shortage is expected in Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan as the region was still disconnected from other areas days after floods damaged the Gilgit-Shandoor road. Local people ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has issued special directives regarding the flood situation in Ghizer area of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), caused by a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood as hundreds of housed ...

ISLAMABAD: While people can identify with the Khunjerab pass or the Ibex, snow leopards and perhaps even with the iconic Baltit fort in Gilgit-Baltistan, few know about the individual regions. In this ...

GILGIT: An official assessment has confirmed extensive damage in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghizer district, where a glacier burst and landslide destroyed over 300 houses and several shops, leaving hundreds ...

A glacier burst in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghizer district triggered flooding and widespread destruction, blocking the Ghizer River and creating an artificial lake, officials confirmed on Friday.

Gilgit [PoGB], August 23 (ANI): Over 300 homes and many shops were damaged in the Ghizer district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) due to a glacier burst, landslide, and flooding on Friday ...

Muhammad Ayub Shah, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan Council, has formally called on authorities to take prompt and effective steps to resolve the ongoing ...

GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government on Saturday announced that three shepherds, whose timely warning saved around 300 lives during the devastating floods in the Ghizer district, will be ...