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Pakistan’s K2 porters tread between tradition and modernity 

  • It’s a dozen-day round trip, some 270,000 burdened steps in lopsided plastic loafers, tie-dye headbands and leopard-print pyjamas 
  • Seven decades after K2’s first summit, the hardscrabble lives of the men shouldering expeditions to great heights are at crossroads 
By AFP ·
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Barren mountains in Pakistan’s north blossom with crops under agriculture development scheme 

By Nisar Ali ·

Norwegian woman summits Pakistan’s Broad Peak mountain in pursuit of ‘super peaks’ record

By AFP ·

German group first to climb Pakistan peak after COVID-19 restrictions eased

By Arab News Pakistan ·

As water disappears, parched southern Pakistan farmers march north

By Reuters ·

In Pakistan’s northern mountains, plastic bags face the bin

By Reuters ·

Pakistani porters: the unsung masters of the mountains

By AFP ·

Daring death on the remote roads of Pakistan’s north

By AFP ·

In Pakistan, a high mountain water pipe brings a bonus: peace

By Reuters ·

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