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lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Subject : A Journey into the Heart of the Mountains. Gilgit-Baltistan formerly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan[6] is the northernmost administrative territory of Pakistan. It borders Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north, Xinjiang, China, to the east and northeast and Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast. The region, together with Azad Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir, is disputed between India and Pakistan Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 24 2015 08:10:05 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Five out of the fourteen mountain peaks with height of over 8000 meters including the K-2 (world’s second heights peak) and some of the largest glaciers outside polar regions are located in Gilgit Baltistan. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 24 2015 09:10:57 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Acknowledging the vast potential of tourism and its effects on downstream industries, the Government of Pakistan as well as the Gilgit Baltistan Administration are focusing on tourism for creation of employment opportunities, achieving higher economic growth and to introduce to the outside world, “the hidden treasures” of Gilgit Baltistan. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 24 2015 09:12:12 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Beautiful landscape, unique cultural heritage and rich biological diversity given the Gilgit Baltistan a competitive advantage in attracting tourists from all over the world. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 24 2015 09:13:58 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	The number of tourists visiting Gilgit Baltistan has steadily increased over the years, not-withstanding the dip-in figures immediately following 9/11. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 24 2015 09:15:19 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Pre-History: The earliest inhabitants of the Gilgit-Baltistan can be traced back to 5th millennium BC They were known as Rock Art People as they started the tradition of rock carving which was continued by their successors. They were hunters and lived in rocks. There is a general perception that they had religion having faith in mountains. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 24 2015 09:16:19 PM

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Megalith Builders: These people came from Chitral and Swat and had the tradition of building large megaliths. They used to have a ceremonial carved stone in the middle which was worshiped. They used metals like copper, bronze, iron, gold and silver. They developed irrigated fields and also depended on livestock like goat, sheep and other cattle. They lived in mud houses as temporary settlement.

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lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Dardic People: According to some historians, the Dardics lived in the present Gilgit Baltistan during the Achaemenian Empire (4th century B.C). Their economic activities included mining and trading gold. This led to the establishment of a trade route with Central Asia and China. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 24 2015 09:18:21 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Like no likes.
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lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	The Burusho or Brusho people live in the Hunza and Chitral District, and valleys of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 25 2015 04:33:07 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	The Hunzakuts or Hunza people, are an ethnically Burusho people indigenous to the Hunza Valley, in the Karakorum Mountains of northern Pakistan. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 25 2015 04:34:08 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	The Burusho claim to be descendants of the soldiers who came to the region with Alexander the Great's army in the 4th century BC. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 25 2015 04:35:10 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	unzakuts and the Hunza region have relatively high literacy rates, compared to similar districts in Pakistan. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 25 2015 04:36:12 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Hunza is a major tourist attraction in Pakistan, and many Domestic as well as foreign tourists travel to the region to enjoy the picturesque landscape and stunning mountains of the area. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 25 2015 04:37:30 PM

lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	The district has many modern amenities and is quite advanced by Asian standards. Like no likes.
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lescol Age: 36 3924 days old here Total Posts: 6369 Points : 68 Location: Quetta, Pakistan Status : Offline	Gojal is a series of small and large valleys sharing borders with Hunza in the south, China in the north-east and Afghanistan in the north-west. Like no likes.
	Posted on September, 25 2015 04:48:19 PM

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