Beauty of Gilgit Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is a very sparsely populated high-mountain area in the north of Pakistan. Its natural environment is usually described with superlatives – the longest glaciers outside of the polar region, home of the world’s second highest peak (K2) and four more eight-thousands. GB is largely a high-mountain desert; geologically, it spreads over three high mountain systems: Himalaya, Karakorum and Hindukush. The society of GB is diverse in terms of language, religion and ethnicity. Gilgit famous Gilgit  Baltistan is the capital of tourism in Pakistan.  Gilgit  Baltistan is home to some of the highest peaks in the world, including K2 the second highest peak in the world.  Gilgit  Baltistan's landscape includes mountains, lakes, glaciers and valleys. Gilgit Baltistan  is home of world highest and  beautiful  valleys. These include Ghancha, Shiger, Astore Valley,  Gilgit , Ghizer Valley, Hunza Valley, Skardu and Nagar Valley.   Hunza...

Diamer-chilas: Chilas  ( Urdu :  چلاس ‎) is a historical city of District Diamer  Diamer  located in the  Gilgit-Baltistan ,  Pakistan  on the river Indus.  Diamer District is bounded by Astore District in the east, by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in the southwest Neelum District of Azad Kashmir in the south, the Ghizer District in the north and northwest, and the Gilgit District in the north and northeast. Before the Karakoram Highway was opened in 1978, the only road reaching Gilgit town from the south was a rough track north from Balakot to Babusar Pass and further north through Babusar Gah to Chilas. Districts  The dis­trict of Diamer has a population of more than 150,000 people and includes the subdivisions of Tangir/Darel, and Chilas. Literacy Rate The literacy rate in Diamer district is 10 per cent and of females never above 0.02 per cent. Distance from Chilas to Gilgit Chilas is approximately 130 km from Gilgit and ...