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	Northern Areas (Pakistan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northern Areas (Urdu: شمالی علاقہ جات) or Gilgit-Baltistan is the northernmost region of Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
		The Northern Areas comprise six districts in three regions: the two Baltistan districts of Skardu and Ghangche, the two Gilgit districts of Ghizer, Gilgit and the two Diamer Districts of Diamer and Astore.
		The Northern Areas border the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang territory of China to the northeast, the Indian-controlled state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast, the region of Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir to the southeast and the North-West Frontier Province to the west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Areas,_Pakistan (2173 words)

	CAROLINA NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL, Glaucomys sabrinus coloratu , U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The northern flying squirrel can be distinguished from the southern flying squirrel by its larger size; the gray base of its ventral hairs as opposed to a white base in the southern species; the relatively longer upper tooth row; and the short, stout baculum (penis bone) of the males.
		Northern flying squirrels are relatively gregarious and are known to share nests; however, the spectacular winter nesting aggregations reported for the southern flying squirrel (up to 5O in a nest) are unknown for this species.
		The northern flying squirrel is typically a species found in more northern areas, and it was well into the 2Oth century before the species was found to occur in the eastern United States to the south of New York.
	www.fws.gov /endangered/i/a/saa8g.html (1284 words)

	K P S Gill: The Northern Areas of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir -- Islamist Extremism & Terrorism in South Asia
		The sect-wise breakdown of population in the Northern Areas is:
		The first party-based elections to a 26-member council called the Northern Areas Executive Council, were held in October 1994, and it was announced on March 31, 1995, that its members would have the same status, emoluments and privileges as the members of the North West Frontier Province Legislative Assembly.
		The principal civil servant in the Northern Areas is the Chief Secretary, and Secretaries head the departments.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/kpsgill/2003/chapter3.htm (1896 words)

	The Problems Of The Northern Areas
		The Northern Areas are a part of the undivided state of Jammu and Kashmir, which was annexed by Pakistan in 1947-48 during the war with India.
		The economic condition of Shias in the Northern Areas as compared to the Ismailis or Wahabis is pathetic The Ismailis have a programme under the Agha Khan Foundation for their economic development.
		The people of Northern Areas have even petitioned UN Secretary General Mr Kofi Annan against Pakistan's sinister move to change the demographic character of the area from a sizeable Shia population, to Pathans brought in from the North West Frontier Province.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /insights/insight20010101a.html (2309 words)

	Northern Areas: Jammu & Kashmir; Embassy of India - Washington, DC
		The Northern Areas Council is headed by the Minister of Kashmir and Northern Areas and meets only when the minister convenes it.
		The Northern Areas are a story of deprivation of a people and their land devoid of any development and denial of basic fundamental rights.
		The Northern Areas have remained deprived of a High Court and of the facility of writ petitions against arbitrary State action.
	www.indianembassy.org /policy/Kashmir/Kashmir_MEA/Northern_Areas.html (893 words)

	Journey to Pakistan's Northern Areas / Kashmir
		It is situated in the middle of a large valley, with passes to the west to Chitral and Afghanistan, north to China and Central Asia, east to Skardu, Tibet, and Indian Kashmir.
		The Northern Areas are highly mountainous; with the Hindu Kush to the west, Himalaya to the south and east, and Karakoram in this state, and Pamirs to the north.
		Until 1982 travel to this area was nearly impossible; the completion of the Karakoram Highway in 1986 opened this area to tourists and backpackers eager to explore the high valleys, climb the peaks [K2 included], and enjoy the hospitality of the inhabitants.
	www.mango.itgo.com /northernareas.htm (522 words)

	Northern Pike - WDNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Distribution: In Wisconsin, the northern pike occurs in the Mississippi River, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior drainage basins.
		It is widely distributed throughout the state except in the unglaciated area, where it is sparsely dispersed except in large river systems and impounded areas.
		The northern pike is generally common except in the southeastern quarter of the state, where populations are seriously depressed.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/water/fhp/fish/3gnpike.htm (256 words)

	NORDLYS - Northern Lights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Northern parts of the Nordic countries, including all of Greenland and Svalbard.
		Chasing the northern lights, you should travel to an area below the auroral oval within the aurora season and then wait, and wait, carefully monitoring satellite plots and magnetometer measurements.
		This is a plot of the northern lights November 19th, 2001.
	www.northern-lights.no /english/what/observe.shtml (941 words)

	Northern Areas demystified (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Northern Areas are an integral part of the Jammu and Kashmir state but it is the Pakistan government that administers them.
		The assumption of control by Pakistan of the Northern Areas is based on the so-called Karachi Agreement which is of doubtful legality, signed as it was by Chaudhri Ghulam Abbas in 1949 in his capacity as head of the Muslim Conference.
		Ironically, the AK High Court whose judgment had been overturned had anticipated this and observed at para 194 of its judgment that to hold that the Northern Areas were not part of Azad Kashmir nor a part of Pakistan was self-contradictory.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0403/240.html (1232 words)

	Northern Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The whole of the Northern Region of Pakistan is very beautiful and its scenic places like Swat, Kalam, Naran, Bhurban, Murree and the set of Galiyats are very popular with the local and foreign tourists.
		The Northern Areas, connected to China through the KKH, provide a vast potential in tourism and related activities, trade expansion, minerals, and cottage industries.
		The Northern Areas with its flora and fauna; the wildlife which can be seen in the form of snow leopards, ibexes and urials; and the variety of people who live in these areas with their cultural heritage and millennia-old civilizations form a paradise for the tourists, trekkers, and mountaineers from all around the world.
	www.pakboi.gov.pk /BFacts/northern_areas_.html (641 words)

	Neglected Northern Areas
		Lahore: ELECTED members of the Northern Areas Council, on a visit to Lahore, have complained that the present constitutional limbo in which they exist is retarding the development of the area, and have suggested that the Northern Areas be absorbed in Azad Kashmir or their Chief Executive be an elected member.
		The Northern Areas were part of the Kashmir State, but in 1935, by the Treaty of Jammu, the British took over both the Gilgit District, as well as the Gilgit Agency on a 60-year lease, which was declared lapsed, along with all other treaties with princely states in the Indian Independence Act.
		The Northern Areas' claim is therefore correct that their freedom struggle was separate from that waged by Ch Ghulam Abbas, Sardar Qayyum and Sardar Ibrahim in Kashmir proper, which started later, and which established a Free State rather than declared accession.
	www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2004/kashmir20040331b.html (512 words)

	Northern EMS, Station 655 (Somerset County, PA, USA)
		Northern EMS signed a contract with Central City Ambulance Service, which stated we would receive all assets of the Central City Ambulance Service, which included the building and ambulances, on the condition that we provide ambulance coverage to the people of greater Central City area for two years.
		Because Northern EMS was contracted to provide services and the hope that this area would become profitable, we continued service to the people of Central City.
		Northern EMS is the first due ambulance in much of northern Somerset County, including the Windber and Central City areas.
	www.northernems.org /history.html (1040 words)

	Protected Areas
		In Pakistan, a national park is an area of outstanding scenic merit, where the landscape, flora and fauna are protected and preserved in their natural state and public access for recreation, education and research is provided for.
		To protect nature and maintain natural processes in an undisturbed state in order to have ecologically representative examples of the natural environment available for scientific study, environmental monitoring, education, and for the maintenance of genetic resources in a dynamic and evolutionary state.
		To protect natural and scenic areas of national or international significance for scientific, educational and recreational use.
	www.wwfpak.org /protectedareas.php (387 words)

	Neelam Plan : Northern Areas of Pakistan
		The road not only opens up the Northern Areas to trade and travel but provides easy access to hitherto closed regions, connected by jeep or goat tracks.
		PTDC and Northern Area Transport Company (NATCO) are plying regular bus service between Sost (Pakistan) and Taxkhurgan (China) for overland traffic between Pakistan and China, from 1st May till 15th November every year.
		The rolling grassland here supports no trees or shrubs and the area is snow covered for seven months of the year.
	www.geocities.com /neelamplan/northern_areas_of_pakistan.htm (2303 words)

	Northern Canola Growers Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An analysis of weather data and the top zone (0 to 4 inch) soil moisture for the canola producing areas of North Dakota and Minnesota for the 10 day period ending July 20th 2005, indicates that there are small localized areas of high risk areas for sclerotinia development in northern part of the mapped area.
		The majority of the canola is in the late ripening period however some canola that was planted in June in northern areas may still be in early flowering stage.
		There are a few areas in the northern part of the mapped are that are over 100% corresponding to the high risk forecast.
	www.northerncanola.com /maps/viewarticle_maps.asp?ID=34 (397 words)

	Pakistan :: Northern Areas
		This royal garden covered the areas from Mindoq Khan to the present bazaar at Skardu where the newly constructed road crosses the channel.
		The palace was destroyed during the great floods in the area after the death of Ali Sher Khan Anchan and a marble Baradari was later constructed at this palace.
		When the Buddhist people of Gandhara migrated and passed through the present northern areas of Pakistan, they settled at some places temporarily and carved drawings of Stupas, scenes of their experiences and images of Buddha with texts in Kharoshti language.
	www28.brinkster.com /pakistan4ever/htmls/na/na.asp (3521 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Pakistan's Northern Areas dilemma
		The larger area to the north, through which the river Indus runs, was taken under the direct administration of the government of Pakistan.
		The Northern Areas are, therefore, as strategically important to Pakistan as they were to the British in the days of empire.
		Instead their affairs are subject to the control of a non-elected minister for northern areas who is selected by the federal government.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1491179.stm (827 words)

	Northern Forest Culture & Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The history and cultural heritage of the Northern Forest are integral parts of the region's identity.
		We are seeking to understand how the Northern Forest is defined as a place and region; and to understand the meaning of "Northern Forest" to residents and visitors.
		In cooperation with heritage leaders around the region, the Northern Forest Center is sponsoring the first-ever Northern Forest Heritage Conference, April 24-25, 1998, in St. Johnsbury, VT. The conference features workshops and presentations from heritage professionals across the region.
	www.northernforest.org /tech_programs_c.htm (664 words)

	Northern Lakes Real Estate Properties - Northern Lakes Realty - Michigan Real Estate - Wisconsin Real Estate
		At Northern Lakes Realty we specialize in vacant, guaranteed build-able waterfront property and wooded acreage property throughout Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
		We’ll spend extensive time discussing with you the benefits of different parcels of land, areas of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, why a certain parcel may or may not be right for you and if an investment in land is right for you.
		The vast, untapped areas of northern Wisconsin and the U.P. have provided the backdrop for our development as specialists in our chosen field and we want to share our knowledge with you.
	www.northernlakesrealestate.com (369 words)

	Objects of Desire in the Northern Areas
		The governmental action to bring more areas under protection, under the aegis of the Northern Areas Wildlife Act of 1975, seems directed at heading off an uncontrolled rush to develop the alpine meadows of the Northern Areas.
		By declaring the area a National Park, the Chief Commissioner with one stroke reigned in the polo players and fans, a group that was not prone to be the most respectful towards the fragile mountain ecology.
		In 1982, the indeterminate status of the northern end of the 1949 India-Pakistan cease fire prompted Indian troops to move up the Siachen Glacier, which Pakistan had regarded as part of their Northern Areas.
	www.mockandoneil.com /himal-o.htm (698 words)

	Ecotourism Potential in Pakistan's Northern Areas
		In the Northern Areas where economic opportunity is limited and people yearn for jobs and income, many have chosen income and employment first.
		Focusing on the desired goals (that is, the social, economic and environmental conditions) for each area, be it a village, a valley, a conservation area or a national park, helps to define what it is to that is to be sustained (McCool 1993).
		With the goals of conserving the natural and cultural heritage of the Northern Areas and enhancing the economic and social conditions of life for the people of the Northern Areas, an ecotourism orientation developed within a LAC framework offers a systematic process for exploring how to achieve the goal of sustainable tourism.
	www.mockandoneil.com /pktour.htm (1587 words)

	Namdeb - Northern Areas
		The Northern Areas is home to Namdeb's Elizabeth Bay Mine (situated approximately 25 km south of Lüderitz), as well as the company's marine and land contractor operations.
		Namdeb's mining activities owe their origin to this area, where the first Namibian diamond was discovered in 1908.
		The mining activities of the Northern Areas have played an important role in the economic development of Lüderitz.
	www.namdeb.com /Namdeb.Web/Operations/Northern+Areas (178 words)

	IFWIS - Northern goshawk
		Periodic invasions occur, most recently in the fall and winter of 1982-83, mostly in northern areas of state but as far south as Pope and Union Co. 03,04.
		Species-habitat interrelations: Heavily wooded areas, either coniferous or deciduous, with bordering open lands appear to be important as wintering habitat which is when species may be found in Illinois 01,02,03.
		Establishment and preservation of heavily wooded areas, either coniferous, deciduous or a mixture of the two, would appear to be favorable to species 02,03,10,11,12,16.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/ifwis/birds/northern-goshawk.html (1231 words)

	COLDWATER FISH CULTURE IN THE AZAD KASHMIR AND NORTHERN AREAS
		Since the chief obstacle to development of trout farm sites in the Northern Areas is poor road access, it is recommended that priority be given to acessible locations close to the main centres of Gilgit and Skardu.
		The Department of Fisheries, Northern Areas, maintains an office in Skardu which is well placed to serve as a support centre for trout farming developments in the area.
		By comparison with the Northern Areas, AJK has relatively few waters suitable for development as trout farm sites, or which are able to support good populations of wild trout.
	www.fao.org /docrep/field/003/AC585E/AC585E03.htm (5713 words)

	Northern Michigan Mapping Area Inland Sensitivity Atlas
		These areas are of environmental significance, but are not actively managed by any federal, state, regional or private agency.
		The Northern Michigan Mapping Area encompasses the counties of Leelanau, Charlevoix, Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Alpena, Montmorency, Otsego, Antrim, Grand Traverse, Alcona, Oscoda, Crawford, Kalkaska, Benzie, Roscommon, Missaukee, Wexford, and Manistee.
		Privately held areas may also be underrepresented because of the previously mentioned reasons, as well as the difficulty of identifying features, and identifying correct ownership of areas.
	www.great-lakes.net /gis/metadata/acp/nmisda.html (1164 words)

	Truth behind Northern Areas - World Affairs Board
		From 1947 till 1972 the northern areas were governed by the FCR (Frontier Crimes Regulations), denying the locals even their basic rights.
		People from the northern areas live dramatically contrasting lives with the rest of the country, very isolated and its hard to keep in contact with what goes on in the outside world.
		The reason why the area was renamed northern areas as many people were shying away from the region due to the war and violence associated with Kashmir.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=3196 (4231 words)

	INTRODUCTION TO THE NORTHERN AREAS
		The Northern Areas of Pakistan, defined in general terms, cover the districts of Gilgit, Diamer, Ghizer, Ghanche and Skardu.
		Nature has endowed the area with high peaks and large glaciers concentrated in a relatively small radius.
		With the opening of the Karakoram Highway, the Northern Areas have acquired additional strategic and political importance.
	www.wwfpak.org /nap/dnap_index.php (313 words)

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