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23 army men killed in road accident
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 2 months ago
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At least 23 army personnel, including an officer, were killed while six others were injured in a road accident in Kohistan district of Hazara. The accident happened when the driver of a coaster, while trying to negotiate a turn near Samar Nullah,
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Five killed, ten injured in Karakoram bus accident
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 4 months ago
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Five passengers were killed and ten seriously injured, when a Kohistan-bound bus plunged into thousands' of feet deep ravine near Kot Shang junction of Karakoram Highway. All deadbodies and wounded, hailing from Kohistan region were moved out by
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Dutch biking team sets off for China?s Karakuli Lake
Rāwalpindi :: Pakistan | 9 months ago
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The 11-member group from the Netherlands will cycle on the Karakoram Highway from Rawalpindi to Karakuli Lake in China and back to Islamabad...Managing Director Mir Shahjahan Khetran was there to see off the bikers. Team leader Kolkhuis Tanke Pascal
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Misry in Hunza... By Tariq
Hunza :: Pakistan | 9 months ago
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Somehow, the work in the discharge of water from the lake is satisfactory but government has failed to discharge the water wholly. Since the day it happened, no proper attention is given to the disaster-hit valley by the government. Government
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IMAGES: 10 wildest highways in the world
Orange :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Yungas Road T he North Yungas Road is a 61-kilometre or 69-kilometre road leading from La Paz to Coroico, 56 kilometres northeast of La Paz in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger and in 1995 the Inter-American
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Bhasha Dam to help cope with energy crisis: Wattoo
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 10 months ago
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Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Main Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo has said Diamar Bhasha Dam is a mega project started by the government in order to provide relief to the masses. After completion it will help cope with the
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Himalayan Glacier Melt Accelerating, Says Study
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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July 22, 2012 An overview of the glacier from Rakaposhi mountain on July 4, 2007, seen from Minapin, Hunza, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan. (Paula Bronstein /Getty Images) The Himalayan glaciers have been receding and melting more quickly,
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`No plans to set up consulate in Gilgit Baltistan`
Beijing :: China | 11 months ago
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No plans to set up consulate in Gilgit Baltistan' Beijing: China on Friday said it has no plans to open a consulate in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. The Chinese foreign Ministry rejected reports which said Beijing was
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Attabad, the Pakistani mountain village that is now an island
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 11 months ago
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Paula Bronstein/Getty Images A few hundred metres from the pile of rubble that was once Amir Rullah's house, one of the world's most fabled roads runs straight into the deep blue waters of a high-altitude lake. The Karakoram Highway does not re-
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Unrest in Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan
Unrest in Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan -COL DR. ABDUL RUFF ___________ &
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