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Articles - Mansehra (district) Clockwise from the south, the Mansehra district is bordered by Abbottabad district to its south, Haripur district to its southwest, Buner district to its west, Shangla district to its northwest, Batagram district to its north-northwest, Kohistan district to its north, the Gilgit agency to its northeast, and Muzaffarabad district to its southeast. www.gaple.com /articles/Mansehra_District?mySession=d0f64e271c4943b4c04c8c77429af007

A Short History of Chitral and Kafirstan On break-up of one unit in July 1970, Chitral District became a district of the newly created Malakand Division of the North West Frontier Province. The Chitral District Police Force was raised for the first time headed by a Superintendent of Police. The only event of importance during the period 1902-1914 was the handing over of District Mastuj, including Yarkhun and Laspur, to the Mehtar, who signed an agreement regarding his relations with the inhabitants of those areas. www.ishipress.com /chitralh.htm

Survey of Ecotourism Potential in Pakistan's Biodiversity Project Area (Chitral and Northern Areas) - Consultancy with The World Conservation Union (IUCN) - Pakistan Of the six districts included in our survey (ie, Chitral, Ghizar, Gilgit, Diamir, Baltistan, and Ghanche), Gilgit receives by far the greatest number of tourists, both foreign and domestic. Our survey of tourism in the high mountain regions of Pakistan (Chitral district of NWFP and the Northern Areas), indicates (with one major exception, the Baltoro Glacier) that tourism has not yet reached the level where its impact could bring a decline in tourism levels. Some areas with outstanding features and easy access (e.g., Chitral Gol National Park and Tooshi Gol in Chitral) are rarely visited by tourists and could be considered by the Biodiversity Project. www.monitor.net /~jmko/karakoram/biodiv.htm

Mansehra district Clockwise from the south, the Mansehra district is bordered by Abbottabad District to its south, Haripur district to its southwest, Buner district to its west, Shangla district to its northwest, Batagram district to its north-northwest, Kohistan district to its north, the Gilgit agency to its northeast, and Muzaffarabad district to its southeast. The terrain of the district is a mixture of mountains, valleys, plains, and lakes. Mansehra District is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan that contains the town of Mansehra, and the Kaghan valley area, an adventure-tourism destination. www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mansehra-district.htm

GILGIT - LoveToKnow Article on GILGIT Gilgit is also the headquarters of a British political agent, who exercises some supervision over the wazir, and is directly responsible to the government of India for the administration of the outlying districts or petty states of Hunza, Nagar, Ashkuman, Yasin and Ghizar, the little republic of Chilas, andc. The Dard, however, is unknown beyond the limits of the Kohistan district of the Indus valley to the south of the Hindu Koh, the rest of the inhabitants of the Indus valley belonging to Shin republics, or Chilas. But the ethnography of Dardistan, or the Gilgit agency (for the two are, roughly speaking, synonymous), requires further investigation, and it would be premature to attempt to frame anything like an ethnographical history of these regions until the neighboring provinces of Tangir and Darel have been more fully examined. www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GI/GILGIT.htm

GILGIT: Scouts accused of expanding encroachments -DAWN - Local; 23 June, 2004 GILGIT, June 22: Shepherds and the Chitral Scouts have been accused of expanding their encroachments into the limits of 13,000-ft high Shandur valley ignoring the fact the valley is owned by Ghizer district of the Northern Areas. Mr Shah also cited the correspondence between the then political agent of Gilgit Agency, Lt-Col Durand, with the British government in Shimla (India) in 1892-93, wherein Shandur was mentioned as the boundary between Chitral and Gilgit. The NALC member said: "In 1949 the then political agent of Gilgit Agency, Maj Kalf, used to play polo at Shandur in the moonlight which is locally known as 'Masjinari' (a polo ground named after the moonlight) and Chitralis are now bent to deface this historic Masjinari." www.dawn.com /2004/06/23/local29.htm

Rahimullah Yusufzai Major roads in Swat and Shangla districts, one an acclaimed tourist destination and the other waiting to be explored for its tourism potential, have deteriorated to such an extent that only the most determined among outsiders now venture to visit those enchanting valleys. The PIA flights to Saidu Sharif, headquarters of Swat, were suspended a while ago while the road connecting the district with Malakand agency and Mardan is in a shambles. From the Swati town of Khwazakhela, the road forks out to Alpurai, the headquarters of the newly created Shangla district, and beyond to Besham, sited on the Karakoram Highway near the fast flowing river Indus, which is known as Abaseen in the NWFP. www.peshawar1.com /htmls/rahimullah/rahim75.html

Mountain Protected Areas in Pakistan: The Case of the National Parks Khunjerab National Park, in Gilgit District of the Northern Areas, comprises 2,269 square kilometers in the Gojal tehsil on either side of the Karakoram Highway (KKH) from Dih to the Pakistan-China border at the Khunjerab Pass. Chitral Gol National Park, in Chitral District of the North-west Frontier Province (NWFP), comprises the 7,750-hectare watershed of the Chitral Gol, immediately west of Chitral town. Prior to the full incorporation of the Northern Areas and Chitral into Pakistan between 1969 and 1974, the areas that are now designated as Chitral Gol, Khunjerab, and Central Karakoram national parks were part of the local princely states; Chitral, Hunza, and Shigar. www.monitor.net /~jmko/karakoram/paknp.htm

Time With The Chitralis of North Pakistan The latter part of my time in Chitral was spent among the Ismailis as I crossed over the high mountain passes on foot out to Gilgit valley. The Ismailis have a hereditary leader called the Aga Khan who is the direct decendant of the prophet and always gives them the latest edition of God's word. There were many interesting contradictions here that seemed to spring up around every corner. www.gorustic.com /chitral_who.htm

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad The beautiful areas of Pakistan like Gilgit, Narran, Thandiani, Galliat and Murree are all very close to Abbottabad. Indeed Abbottabad is a place which is a source of attraction for many tourists and travelers due to its serene environment and nearby places which are as delightful as seventh heaven. The city of Abbottabad was founded in 1853 by Major James Abbott who was the first Deputy Commissioner of Abbottabad. www.ciit-atd.edu.pk /ABOUT-CIIT/mapandguide/mapand%20guide.htm

NALC The Northern Areas of Pakistan is the official name of "Gilgit-Baltistan" comprising the five districts of Baltistan (Skardu), Baltistan (Ganche), Diamer, Ghizer and Gilgit. The Council had six seats each for Gilgit and Baltistan districts and four for Diamer districts. The Council consisted of 8 elected members from Gilgit Agency, Astore, Chilas Sub Agency, Darel/Tangir and four Political District i.e. www.littletibet.org /nalc.htm

IMC India - Pakistani police shot Chairman of BNF in Gilgit Baltistan A senior political leader and the acting chairman of the Balwaristan National Front (BNF) (Gilgit Baltistan) Mr.Nawaz Khan Naji was seriously injured when three local policemen fired on him while he was travelling in the Gakuch area of the Ghezer district in the northern areas. The anomalous position of the northern areas, which comprise the five districts of Skardu, Gilgit, Ghizer, Ghanche and Diamer, and are inhabited by diverse ethnic groups is at the root of the problem. Abdul Hamid Khan, Mohammad Rafiq and Engineer Shujaat Ali accepted his proposal of new nationalist party and thus BNF was born on 30th July 1992 in Gilgit. prod.india.indymedia.org /en/2003/07/5618.shtml

The Hindu : National : Move on Kargil-Skardu road hailed Asghar Karblai, the newly-appointed chairman of the Kargil Autonomous Hill Development Council, told The Hindu over phone that it was a longstanding demand of Kargil district to open the old Kargil-Gilgit-Skardu road. The people in Leh district of Ladakh share ethnic links with the Tibetan plateau and it was through this region that Buddhism spread to China. Similarly, a number of divided families live in the Shia-dominated Kargil district, which share ethnic links with the neighbouring northern areas controlled by Pakistan. www.hindu.com /2005/06/13/stories/2005061305421200.htm   (469 words)

PARC E.News District Officer Agriculture Jhelum, Dr. Muhammad Rafiq and M. Abid Agriculture Officer Jhelum gave an overview of the agricultural activities of district Jhelum. This process of technology transfer is in action in close collaboration and under a symbiotic relationship with the provincial extension departments, district governments, NGOs and civil society. Malik further said that seven technology transfer institutes have been established throughout Pakistan at Faisalabad, Tandojam, Peshawar, Islamabad, Quetta, Gilgit and Muzaffarabad (AJK) for speedy and sustained dissemination of the improved technology being continuously generated by the PARC scientists. www.parc.gov.pk /parcnews/jul04/jul04.html   (469 words)

Medicinaly Important Wild Plants of Chitral On the north west of the district is Afghanistan to the south west are the districts of Dir and Swat, while the Gilgit area lies in the east. Chitral District covers an area of 14850 square kilometers situated in the north-western area of Pakistan. Taking into consideration the indigenous knowledge, the pharmaceutical companies or the healthcare departments should do further research on baseline studies and on the active ingredients of the various medicinal plants present in this district. www.telmedpak.com /agricultures.asp?a=medplantpak&b=med_plant9   (469 words)

Ethnologue: Pakistan Gilgit District, Northern Areas, mainly in Hunza Valley, Mominabad village, a few households in Big Nagar, Shishkat (Gojal), Dumial in Gilgit, Oshkandas (east of Gilgit), and Bakor village in Punyal. Shina is the primary language in Gilgit and Diamer districts. Chitral; Shandur Pass to Fupis in Ghizr Valley, Yasin and Ishkhoman valleys in Gilgit Agency, Ushu in northern Swat Valley, and large communities in Peshawar and Rawalpindi. www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Pakn.html   (469 words)

Pakistan and Afghanistan gemstones and minerals Specimens Peridot Aquamarine Tourmaline lapis Kunzite TOPAZ: is found in Chitral, the Gilgit Agency and Kalam in the Mardan district of Swat. The most extensive ruby deposits in Pakistan are located in the Hunza valley of the Gilgit Agency. Like the emerald, the aquamarine belongs to the beryl group and has a hexagonal crystalline structure, but is always step cut. www.arc-int.biz /pakistan_and_afghanistan_gemstones2.php   (469 words)

Towards a Sociolinguistic Profile of the Khowar Language Khowar is also spoken in western Gilgit Agency, in Yasin and in the Ghizar River Valley from the area of Gupis west to Shandur Pass, and in the Ushu Valley of Kalam (primarily in the village of Mathiltan) in Swat District of the N.W.F.P. (Stahl, 1988:40) (see Map 2 and 4). In Gilgit Agency the languages to test would be Shina and Urdu and, perhaps, Werchikwar (the dialect of Burushaski spoken by the indigenous population of Yasin). Emily Lorimer writes that her husband D. Lorimer "collected texts, notes, vocabulary, and all the data for a scientific grammar (in Yasin, Gilgit Agency) to supplement his considerable material from Chitral, noting how very trivial were the differences between the two varieties of Khowar" (Lorimer, 1939:19). www.ishipress.com /munnings.htm   (469 words)

Pakistan Facts - Rights violation in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan It is part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and its real name is Gilgit and Baltistan. "It is unfortunate that this vast area of Gilgit and Baltistan, which is more than 72,000 sq km with a population of around two million, is administratively cut off from PoK," Dr Choudhary said. Political activists standing up for the rights of the people are harassed, imprisoned and tortured as exemplified by the recent attempt on the life of Baltistan National Front leader Nawaz Khan Naji by a group of policemen who fired at him in Ghezer district," submitted Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri. www.pakistan-facts.com /article.php?story=20030804192236135   (469 words)

Karakorum Himalaya: A Bibliography In northern Gilgit district, graziers with hereditary rights of access to mountain pastures have, on a sporadic basis, been banned from grazing their animals in the Khunjerab National Park. For the Karakorum territory not at the eastern end, essentially encompassing Baltistan and Gilgit, I have included a substantial amount of "grey" literature gleaned from the Pakistan Forestry Institute library in Peshawar, the IUCN library in Islamabad, and the AKRSP library in Gilgit. The Karakorum mountains in Gilgit and Baltistan have yet to experience a fraction of this tourist load on their facilities. lda.ucdavis.edu /people/websites/allan/book/allanbook.html   (469 words)

Records for Chitral (Pakistan : District) -- Politics and government. (in MARION) Chitral (Pakistan : District) -- Politics and government. Records for Chitral (Pakistan : District) -- Politics and government. The making of a frontier : five years' experiences and adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral, and the eastern Hindu-Kush / by Algernon Durand. js-catalog.cpl.org /MARION/@CHRISTIAN%20FICTION/b39550004000/0   (469 words)

SKARDU: Plan to restore Skardu-Kargil road -DAWN - Local; 08 July, 2004 It said that in view of the recent situation in Gilgit the district administration has taken this decision to maintain law and order in the district as well as to maintain peace and harmony and tranquillity among various schools of thought in the region. SECTION 144 IMPOSED: The district magistrate, Skardu, has imposed section 144 on the district and banned entry of non-local religious leaders in the district, says a press release issued here on Monday. He further said, it had been noticed that some government servants belonging to Shia and Sunni sects were also involved in polluting the atmosphere in Gilgit. www.dawn.com /2004/07/08/local28.htm   (469 words)

Ethnologue report for language code:scl Northern Areas including Gilgit District, scattered villages in Yasin and Ishkoman valleys, Punial, Gilgit, Haramosh, lower Hunza Valley; Diamer District, Chilas area, Darel and Tangir valleys, Astor Valley; scattered areas of Baltistan District, Satpara, Kharmang, Kachura, and other small valleys; NWFP, east part of Kohistan District, Sazin, Harban. www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=scl   (469 words)

Ethnologue report for language code: DMK Gilgit District, Northern Areas, mainly in Hunza Valley, Mominabad village, a few households in Big Nagar, Shishkat (Gojal), Dumial in Gilgit, Oshkandas (east of Gilgit), and Bakor village in Punyal. It has loan words from Shina and Burushaski, but is not intelligible to speakers of those languages. www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=DMK   (469 words)

Ethnologue report for Pakistan Throughout northern Pakistan, mainly in the east in Hazara District, NWFP, in Kaghan Valley, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir. Primarily northeastern Pakistan: Baltistan District, Skardu, Rondu, Shigar, Khapalu, Kharmang, and Gultari valleys. Attock District, Punjab Province, and into the southernmost portion of Hazara Division, NWFP; Kohat and Peshawar districts, NWFP. www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Pakistan   (469 words)

Ghizer power projects -DAWN - National; December 17, 2002 GILGIT, Dec 16: Two power projects costing Rs230 million would be completed in Ghizer District by the end of this fiscal year, the Northern Areas Public Works Department said. The 2mw-power projects, one at Singul, Punial Tehsil, and the other at Phander, Ishkoman tehsil, would benefit around 70 per cent of population of the district, sources said.—Correspondent Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) www.dawn.com /2002/12/17/nat17.htm   (469 words)

Family Packages Skardu is the district headquarters of Baltistan with Xinjiang Province of China to the north, Kashmir to the south, Gilgit to the west and to the east is the district of Ladakh in India. Skardu is set in a landscape of towering mountains, deep gorges, resounding waterfalls and calm, deep lakes. Skardu is accessible by air and road from Rawalpindi/Islamabad. www.sitaradomestic.com /shangrila_skardu.htm   (469 words)

‘ISI, Jamaat running terror camps in Gilgit, Baltistan’,Security Issues, News Analysis, India News Online In addition to running a training camp in Mansehra district, adjacent to the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, the ISI has camps in Ghowadi Skardu, Darel, Yashote, Astore and Gilgit, Khan has claimed. Abdul Hamid Khan, whose Balawaristan National Front (BNF) is spearheading a campaign to secede the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, says the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) works closely with the Jamaat to recruit youths for training at these camps. The leader of a political group from Pakistani-occupied Kashmir (PoK) claims that Pakistani intelligence and the Jamaat-e-Islami run several terrorist training camps in areas close to the Indian border. www.news.indiamart.com /news-analysis/-isi-jamaat-running--4102.html   (469 words)

Pakistan Facts - Rights violation in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan Political activists standing up for the rights of the people are harassed, imprisoned and tortured as exemplified by the recent attempt on the life of Baltistan National Front leader Nawaz Khan Naji by a group of policemen who fired at him in Ghezer district," submitted Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri. It is part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and its real name is Gilgit and Baltistan. Gilgit-Baltistan - or the Northern Territories as they are called by Pakistan- remain without any constitutional status and their people denied self-rule. www.pakistan-facts.com /article.php?story=20030804192236135&mode=print   (381 words)

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