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The King who owned K2
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With a historic fort and Unesco-protected mosque, Shigar is an ideal short escape in Gilgit-Baltistan   The river, the oasis and the desert.—All photos by the author If you ever ...
Northern Pakistan
An ode to a Mountain man
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It was in 2002 while sitting in Café de Hunza and looking at the magnificent snow capped Rakaposhi, I noticed the friendly owner Shafqat Ali running around in his small ...
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Travel friendly Hunza
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I first arrived in Hunza some twelve years back and it was love at first sight. The peaceful environs of Karimabad, the hospitable people, the magnificent Rakaposhi, the gushing streams ...
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Deep into Hindukush
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My recent road trip to Chitral. Gilgit and back via KKH. I have divided the trip into two independent parts. It would be great if you can cover these articles ...
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Following George Hayward to Oxus… Yasin Valley
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Saturday, April 19, 2008 The year was 1870 and the venue was Durkut in Yasin valley. George Hayward, a geologist from Royal Geological Society of London kept sitting in his ...
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Wonderland of trout
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People can compete with us in textile and carpet manufacturing but no country in the world boasts three mightiest ranges, Hindukush, Karakorum and Himalaya all at one point By Omar ...
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In search of fairies
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By Omar Mukhtar Khan Standing under the scorching sun and drinking chilled water, my friends were staring at me with certain disdain. We had just arrived in Chilas after a ...
Northern Pakistan
Shangrila de Hunza
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By Omar Mukhtar Khan ABOUT an hour’s drive from Gilgit on the Karakoram Highway, comfortably tucked away in mountains, at a height of 8000 feet is the scenic valley of ...
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Valley of Misghar
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By Omar Mukhtar SITTING in the spacious terrace of the PTDC motel at the customs station of Sost, the well-behaved waiter of the motel was narrating the story of how ...

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