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Gilgit-Baltistan (/ ˌ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ɪ t ˌ b ɔː l t ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n /; Urdu: گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان [12] listen ⓘ) [a], formerly known as the Northern Areas, [13] is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan ...
The 2023–2024 Gilgit-Baltistan Protests, or Wheat protests in Gilgit-Baltistan are a series of protests, sit-ins, and demonstrations against the Federal Government of Pakistan and the Government of Gilgit-Balitistan in response to the dramatic increase in wheat prices in the region. Many of the protests have been organized by the Awami Action ...
List of newspapers. Ausaf ( Urdu: روزنامہ اَوصاف) is an international Urdu daily newspaper which is being published simultaneously from Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit, Frankfurt and London. Its chief editor is Mehtab Khan. Mohsin Bilal Khan is Editor of daily Ausaf. The newspaper Ausaf is also being published from ...
Baltistan (Urdu: بلتستان; Balti: སྦལ་ཏི་སྟཱན་།) also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet (Balti: སྦལ་ཏི་ཡུལ་།), is a mountainous region in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and constitutes a northern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.
Gilgit-Baltistan Independence Day ( Urdu: یومِ آزادی گِلگِت بَلتِسْتان) is celebrated on 1 November every year as independence from Dogra Raj in 1947. [1] Every 1 November is a holiday in Gilgit-Baltistan, the flag hoisting ceremony is attended by the Governor, Chief Minister, Force Commander Northern Areas along with ...
Gilgit-Baltistan is an administrative territory of Pakistan that borders the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China to the north, and the Indian -administered region of Jammu and Kashmir to the south and south-east.
Rondu District ( Urdu: ضلع روندو ), also spelled Roundu District, [2] is a district of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is one of 14 districts of Gilgit-Balistan. The district encompasses the entire Roundu Valley, which is the fourth-largest valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, [3] after the Skardu ...
Shigar District ( Urdu: ضلع شِگر) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is home to the world's second highest peak, K2, also known as Chhogori and Mount Godwin-Austen. The district is bounded on the north by the Nagar District, the Hunza District, and the Kashgar Prefecture of China's ...