The Hunza men robbed and killed ruthlessly travelers on the Karakoram Route.

It must be acknowledged that the greatest explorers and mountaineers of the great north were the Baltis.

The shepherds and hunters were the explorers of an era when exploration and map making had not yet come of age.

Only when one travels on it does one realise what a courageous and tough lot of people these Baltis were.

Records say the 10,000 strong cavalry led by Korean general Kao Hsin-Chih first engaged with Tibetans in Wakhan.

Chinese in Turkestan knew that the Tibetans had annexed Baltistan, and that they could not be allowed a back door.

He was a fraudster in the finest tradition of many a modern mandarin.

I am surprised how investigators missed the tablet with a long-barrelled jazail from the late 16th century to date it.

Naushervani rulers of Kharan state claim the tombs as their family burial, but gazetteer puts it as Mazar-e-Nikodar.

Pakistani travel writers lack the background knowledge to write about their travels, end up destroying history.