ISLAMABAD: The search for seven mountaineers missing since an avalanche tore through a summit attempt on Broad Peak has been suspended because of deteriorating weather, rescue officials in northern Pakistan said on Friday night, as fears grow for the fate of those still unaccounted for on one of the world’s most unforgiving peaks.
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At least two dead as rescuers search for 10 climbers swept away on Pakistan’s Broad Peak
ISLAMABAD: A search and rescue operation was continuing in earnest on Friday for renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja and nine fellow climbers who went missing after a huge avalanche tore through their expedition on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, with at least two of the group now confirmed dead.
Nadeem battles Glasgow headwind to reach javelin final as defending champion eyes second Commonwealth crown
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Olympic and Commonwealth champion Arshad Nadeem booked his place in Friday’s javelin throw final at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on Thursday, overcoming blustery conditions at Scotstoun Stadium to progress in seventh position.
Two killed, dozens trapped after gas blast tears through Balochistan coal mine
QUETTA: At least two coal miners have been killed and more than 20 others remain trapped after a methane gas explosion ripped through a privately operated mine in the Sorange area near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
Pakistan issues fresh glacial flood warning as Gilgit-Baltistan remains cut off for fifth day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s meteorological authorities have issued a fresh warning over the threat of glacial lake outburst floods in the country’s mountainous north, as thousands of residents in Gilgit-Baltistan remain cut off from the outside world for a fifth consecutive day.
Roads collapse and villages cut off as Pakistan’s monsoon rains intensify
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s second monsoon spell of the season is overwhelming drainage systems in Punjab provinces and severing road links across the mountainous north, with the national disaster authority reporting a rising death toll and officials in three provinces now on high alert.
Journalist threats surge 22 percent in Pakistan as Punjab emerges epicentre of media intimidation
ISLAMABAD: Threats against journalists in Pakistan rose sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with state institutions identified as the driving force behind the majority of cases, according to new research published by a leading media watchdog.
Pakistan on high alert as monsoon deaths pass 50 and flash flood warning issued for four provinces
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s disaster management authority has issued a high alert for flash floods, urban flooding and landslides across large swathes of the country, after monsoon rains killed at least a dozen more people in the northwest over a single 24-hour period, pushing the nationwide death toll for the season past 50.
Six more die in Pakistan floods as toll reaches 47; north braces for glacial threat
PESHAWAR: The death toll from Pakistan’s monsoon season rose to 47 on Monday after six more people were killed in a single 24-hour span in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where flash floods and collapsing homes have claimed dozens of lives since the rains began in late June.
Deadly Kashmir floods expose fault line between Pakistan and India as monsoon bears down
ISLAMABAD: The rain arrived first in the mountains of India-occupied Kashmir, and by Sunday it had turned deadly on both sides of one of the world’s most contested borders.