• Gilgit-Baltistan is an administrative territory of Pakistan that borders the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, Azad Kashmir to the southwest...
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    Gilgit-Baltistan (/ˌɡɪlɡɪt ˌbɔːltɪˈstɑːn, -stæn/; Urdu: گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان listen), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by...
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  • The governor of Gilgit Baltistan is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The governor is designated...
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    The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (GBA), officially known as Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives...
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    Ladakh wazarat of Jammu and Kashmir (which included Baltistan). An Officer on Special Duty was established in 1877 in the town of Gilgit, upgraded to a...
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  • The Government of Gilgit-Baltistan (Urdu: حکومتِ گلگت بلتستان) is the government of the administrative territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Its powers...
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    The GilgitBaltistan Scouts, are a federal paramilitary force in Pakistan, tasked with law enforcement in the nominally autonomous territory of Gilgit-Baltistan...
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  • Gilgit-Baltistan is inherited by people from different sects and they have a diversity of their culture, customs and traditions. The cultural heritage...
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    Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and constitutes an northern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between...
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    Skardu (redirect from History of Skardu)
    Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. Skardu serves as the capital of Skardu District and the Baltistan Division. It is situated...
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    The Gilgit District (Urdu: ضلع گلگت) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region....
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    mass rape of hundreds of Shia Muslim women by Sunni tribesmen. Shia Muslims living in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan have allegedly...
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    provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the south and west respectively, GilgitBaltistan to the north, and the Indian union territory of Jammu and...
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    (November 1947 to January 1948). Ahmad, Sajjad (2020-11-01). "HISTORY: THE GILGIT-BALTISTAN CONUNDRUM". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2024-01-04...
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  • The Gilgit-Baltistan Council has been established as per Article 33 of Gilgit-Baltistan (Empowerment & Self Governance) Order, 2009. Its Chairman is the...
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  • The Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court is the court of appeals in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The decisions of the court are appealed to Supreme...
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  • The Gilgit Scouts were a paramilitary force within the Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan. They were raised by the British Raj in 1913, on behalf...
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  • The 2023–2024 Gilgit-Baltistan Protests, or Wheat protests in Gilgit-Baltistan are a series of protests, sit-ins, and demonstrations against the Federal...
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    Baltistan Division (Urdu: بلتستان ڈویژن) is a first-order administrative division of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region...
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  • 2023–24 Gilgit-Baltistan budget was a tax-free budget passed by the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on 26 June 2023. A budget meeting was held in Gilgit under...
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    Gilgit (/ˈɡɪlɡɪt/; Shina: گلیٗت; Urdu: گلگت IPA: [ˈɡɪlɡɪt]) is a city in Pakistani-administered GilgitBaltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. It is...
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    report, the private sector contributes 90% of the infrastructure for the overall education in Gilgit Baltistan. The Aga Khan foundation was also the other...
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  • Gilgit-Baltistan Independence Day (Urdu: یومِ آزادی گِلگِت بَلتِسْتان) is celebrated on 1 November every year as independence from Dogra Raj in 1947. Every...
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    Balawaristan National Front (Naji) (category History of Gilgit-Baltistan)
    Pakistani political party of Gilgit-Baltistan.It was founded by Nawaz Khan Naji in 1989. The party calls for Gilgit-Baltistan to be given autonomy while...
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  • Karachi Agreement (Azad Kashmir) (category History of Gilgit-Baltistan)
    the Government of Pakistan complete control over Gilgit-Baltistan (then called the "Northern Areas"), and the control over subjects of defence, foreign...
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    Balawaristan (category History of Gilgit-Baltistan)
    (Urdu: بلاورستان, lit. 'Land of heights'), is a term used for the historical region forming present-day Gilgit-Baltistan .The modern term was coined by...
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    Kargah Buddha (category History of Gilgit-Baltistan)
    site located about 6 miles (9.7 km) outside of Gilgit, GilgitBaltistan, Pakistan. It is a carved image of a large standing Buddha, some 50 ft (15 m) high...
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    the capital of the Hunza District in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. Karimabad was named in honour of Karim Aga Khan...
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    are scheduled to be held in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan, no more than 60 days after the dissolution of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, which is set to dissolve...
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    Balawaristan National Front (category History of Gilgit-Baltistan)
    for Gilgit-Baltistan, claimed as Balawaristan, as well as claims in certain regions of the Indian-Administered Kashmir, Kargil and Ladakh, as part of its...
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