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	Northern Areas (Pakistan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Pakistan's position is to hold a plebiscite in Kashmir to determine the will of the people, according to the three resolutions of the UN Security Council and the United Nations Commission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Areas,_Pakistan (1819 words)

	Pakistan - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Pakistan was an ally of the United States for much of its early history as a modern nation-state, from the 1950s and as a member of CENTO and SEATO.
		Pakistan, a developing country, is the sixth most populous in the world and is faced with a number of challenges on the political and economic fronts.
		Pakistan's religious demographics were altered by the partition of British India, which led to the fleeing of 7 million Muslims into Pakistan from India and 6 million Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan to India and led to a larger Muslim majority than had previously existed.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/a/k/Pakistan.html (6167 words)

	ShaikhSiddiqui Pakistan
		The Persian King Cyrus invaded in 535 BCE defeated the Scythians and conquered Gandhara in northern Pakistan.
		Pakistan, a developing country, is the sixth most populous in the world and has faced a number of challenges on the political and economic fronts.
		The languages of Pakistan are Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Kashmiri, Seraiki, Baloch, Brahui, etc. Arabic is the religious language, Persian or Farsi is the cultural language, Urdu is the national language and English is the official language of Pakistan.
	www.shaikhsiddiqui.com /pakistan.html (2513 words)

	Northern Areas, Pakistan - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To the north is the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan, a narrow strip of land that separates Pakistan from Tajikistan.
		The Northern Areas comprise the two districts of Baltistan and the three districts of Gilgit (where the capital, the city of Gilgit, is located).
		A small part of Northern Areas was ceded to China by Pakistan in 1963 with the proviso that the settlement was subject to the final solution of the Kashmir dispute.
	www.voyager.in /Northern_Pakistan (968 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Indus River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Indus, known in Sanskrit as the Sindhu and in Tibetan as the Sengge Chu ('Lion River'), and in Urdu as Darya-e-Sindh, is the longest and one of the most important rivers in South Asia.
		Originating in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar, the river runs a course through Kashmir in both India and Northern Areas in Pakistan, and in a southernly direction along the entire length of Pakistan to merge into the Arabian Sea near the city of Karachi.
		Pakistan is a developing country with the worlds sixth-largest population, and an economic growth rate that has been consistently positive since a 1951 recession.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Indus-River (985 words)

	PTDC (NORTHERN AREAS INFORMATION) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Northern Areas of Pakistan, spread over 72,496 sq.
		Nowhere is the world is such a great concentration of high mountains, peaks, glaciers and passes except Pakistan.
		The Northern Pakistan has some of the longest glaciers outside Polar region; Siachen (72 km), Hispar (61 km), Biafo (60 km), Baltoro (60 km) and Batura (64 km).
	www.tourism.gov.pk /northern_pakistan.html (196 words)

	2005 Kashmir earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kashmir earthquake (also known as the South Asia earthquake or Pakistan earthquake) of 2005 was a major earthquake whose epicenter was the Pakistan-administered disputed region of Kashmir.
		Most of the casualties resulting from the earthquake were in Pakistan where the official confirmed death toll is 73,276, putting it higher than the massive scale of destruction of the Quetta earthquake of May 31, 1935.
		On October 14 the Pakistan government agreed that unaccompanied children from the disaster should be taken to the SOS Children emergency shelter in Islamabad for family tracing in a central database and help and created a credit programme for affected families.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake (2800 words)

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		The northern area of Pakistan is enriched with the variety of mineral treasures that include peridot, emerald, aquamarine, tourmaline, topaz, ruby, sapphire, garnet, red spinel, pargasite, actinolite, diopside, epidote, vesuvianite, axinite, rodingite, sphene, fluorite, apatite, zircon, rutile, azurite, moonstone, amethyst, rose quartz and agate.
		Northern Pakistan is composed of three lofty, snow-covered mountain ranges: Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakoram.
		In Pakistan, topaz occurs as euhedral crystals in pegmatites in Gilgit and Skardu Districts.
	www.chez.com /mineralzine/pages/info4-b.htm (720 words)

	Himalayas-info-Pakistan
		Northern Pakistan is situated on the western reaches of the Himalayas.
		Pakistan as a country only came into being after the partition of India when independence was declared during the night of 14th of August 1947.
		Pakistan, the 'land of the pure', became the homeland for the Islamic peoples of former British India, with Mohammed Ali Jinnah as their leader.
	www.xs4all.nl /~vpmedia/himalayas-info/pakistan.html (445 words)

	Welcome To Pakistan (A Tourist Paradise) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pakistan was the site for one of the world's earliest human settlements, the great prehistoric Indus Valley Civilization, the crucible of ancient empires, religions and cultures.
		The landscape of Pakistan ranges from lofty mountains in the north, the Karakoram and the Himalayas, through dissected plateaus to the rich alluvial plains of the Punjab.
		Pakistan is situated between latitude 24 and 37 degrees North and longitude 62 and 75 degrees East.
	www.tourism.gov.pk (2019 words)

	Ethnologue report for Pakistan
		Throughout northern Pakistan, mainly in the east in Hazara District, NWFP, in Kaghan Valley, Azad Jammu, and Kashmir.
		Southern Kalasha is in Urtsun Valley; Northern Kalasha in Rumbur, Bumboret, and Birir valleys.
		Northern Marwari: South Punjab and northern Sindh, north of Dadu and Nawabshah; Southern Marwari: Sindh and southern Punjab provinces, between Tando Mohammed Khan and Tando Ghulam Ali to the south, Dadu and Nawabshab to the north.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Pakistan (3292 words)

	Wacky Packi Northern Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pakistan did send a few athletes to Greece, but failed to capture even a bronze in any of the events.
		The initial novelty of the cuisine of Pakistan has long since worn off and hence I've decided that the food is one of the lowlights of travel here.
		An ostentatious flag-lowering ceremony at the only border crossing between India and Pakistan might have been more charged than usual due to the fact that the 2 countries' teams were currently playing against one another in the world championship of cricket.
	www.davestravelcorner.com /journals/publish/article_108.shtml (4267 words)

	pakistan map and map of pakistan information page
		As one of the most populous countries in the world, Pakistan, and its friendly, hopeful people, face enormous economic and social problems; fortunately it possesses immense natural resources, and when mixed with its low labor costs, the future potential is positive for this ever-changing country.
		Relative Location Pakistan, part of the Indian Subcontinent, and positioned in the Middle East, a recognized geographical region of southwestern Asia, is in both the northern and eastern hemispheres.
		Landforms The heartland of Pakistan, the Punjab Plain, is disected by the Indus River and fronts its border with India; southwest, the arid and dry Baluchistan Plateau extends to its border with Iran.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/asia/pk.htm (984 words)

	Pakistan
		Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of Pakistan.
		Most of the rangelands of Pakistan are in arid and semi-arid zones characterized by low precipitation and extremes of temperature and low humidity.
		These rangelands extend from temperate alpine pastures in the northern areas, to Mediterranean rangelands in the western mountains, and to the semi-arid and desert lands of the Indus Valley.
	www.fao.org /ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/Pakistan.htm (4229 words)

	IOL: Asia
		Under increasing threat from kidnappers, doctors in the northern Indian city of Agra are to be trained to use firearms for self defence, a news report said.
		Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered an inquiry into the case of a man who spent three years in jail for a murder that never happened.
		Pakistan is building a reactor that could produce enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons in what would be a major expansion of its nuclear program, according to US newspaper reportsFull Story...
	iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=126&art_id=qw1076762162135B212&set_id=1 (1536 words)

	Writing.Com: Northern Pakistan
		Pakistan is diverse in its landscape and people, though its official government is Islamic and 97 per cent of its people are Shiite Muslims.
		Pakistan International Airways is literally, "first come first served." I decide to hang back and begin speaking with a man who pulls a his business card from his back pocket.
		Pakistan is not a fairy land, the public has deducted this from Canadian news coverage of the area.
	www.writing.com /main/view_item/item_id/935661 (3175 words)

	North Pakistan + Western China: a 1999 trip report
		They were among the few real trekkers in the group and were planning to return to Pakistan on a proper trekking trip.
		The tectonics of Pakistan is convoluted but exciting: the basic India-Asia collision is complicated by the intervening Kohistan island arc and possible early impacts, with bits of Gondwanaland and Laurasia breaking off ahead of the main impact.
		Tourism was obviously an important part of the economy in northern Pakistan: in some places, half the traffic on the roads seemed to be carrying tourists.
	danny.oz.au /travel/1999/pakistan (19619 words)

	Volcano Erupts In Northern Pakistan
		Islamabad (IRNA) -- A volcano has erupted in Pakistan's northern region after an earthquake hit the area early Saturday morning, reports said.
		Earlier an earthquake of moderate intensity jolted northern areas at midnight between Friday and Saturday.
		There was no immediate report of casualty from any part of northern areas.
	www.rense.com /general31/vocl.htm (179 words)

	Earthquake hits northern Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		An earthquake measuring five on the Richter scale has jolted northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.
		At least 15 people were killed in February when s quake hit northern Pakistan, and around 9,000 died in two quakes in Afghanistan in 1998.
		Pakistani seismologists say that the quake was felt in the north-western city of Peshawar, and in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
	www.red-ice.net /news/2004/pakistanearthquake.html (125 words)

	Northern Pakistan - where the three big mountain ranges meet Photo Gallery by Arif Khan at pbase.com
		Northern Pakistan - where the three big mountain ranges meet
		The Karakoram, Hindukush and Himalayan mountain ranges meet on the Silk Route in the beautiful Northern Areas of Pakistan.
		what a beautiful photographs.Baltistan is a mountain-packed region in the Northern areas of Pakistan,along the Indus river between the Karakoram mountains and the Deosai Plateau.Thanks a lot for this job.
	www.pbase.com /arifakhan/pakistan (125 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Earthquake hits northern Pakistan
		An earthquake has hit a mountainous region of northern Pakistan, killing at least 23 people and injuring many more, officials say.
		The quake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, hit the Gilgit region, about 400 kilometres (240 miles) north of the capital, Islamabad, in the early hours of Thursday morning.
		The Karakoram highway, which links Pakistan to China and is built along the ancient Silk Road route, had been cut in several places, the minister said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/2499321.stm (333 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Landslides in Northern Pakistan
		The steep mountains of northern Pakistan came tumbling down when a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the region on October 8, 2005.
		Fifty-seven thousand people had died in Pakistan as of November 1, a number that could grow as winter settles over the Himalayas, stranding survivors without food or shelter.
		The city nearest the epicenter of the earthquake, where shaking was strongest, was Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17081 (296 words)

	Earthquake shakes northern Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted northern Pakistan Sunday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or property loss, officials said.
		Tremors lasting several seconds were felt in the afternoon at 13:04in Mansehra district where a similar quake last week left 24 people dead, the meteorological department said.
		Officials said in that quake 13 people were killed when a passenger van was trapped in a landslide in Batgram and 11 others were killed by collapsing buildings in the area where more than 250 homes were damaged.
	www.terradaily.com /2004/040222130150.hqgjvote.html (130 words)

	itsPakistan - Pakistan - Northern Areas - Swat, Kaghan, Gilgit, Naran, Chitral
		The Lush-green valley of Swat, with its rushing torrents, icy-cold lakes, fruit-laden orchards and flower-decked slopes is ideal for holiday-makers intent on relaxation.
		This is "Udayana" (the "Garden") of the ancient Hindu epics; "the land of enthralling beauty" where Alexander of Macedonia fought and won some of his major battles before crossing over to the plains of Pakistan.
		A holiday in the Kaghan Valley, the Himalayan hide-away, north-east of the Hazara district of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, is an unforgettable experience.
	www.itspakistan.net /pakistan/northern-areas.aspx (2187 words)

	US bombing in northern Pakistan: an act of imperialist recklessness
		The US air strike carried out on January 13 on the isolated village of Damadola, near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, was as reckless as it was criminal.
		In a grovelling display, he appealed to the ethnic Pashtun tribes in the border regions of Pakistan, which share cultural and linguistic ties with Afghani Pashtuns, to cease supporting the guerilla resistance against the US-led occupation of Afghanistan.
		Under pressure from Washington, Musharraf has deployed 70,000 troops along the Afghan border, provoking tensions with the fiercely independent local tribes and rifts within the Pakistani military, sections of which are hostile to the US presence in the region.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2006/jan2006/paki-j16_prn.shtml (1020 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Moderate earthquake shakes northern Pakistan
		ISLAMABAD, March 13 (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake on Monday shook parts of northern Pakistan devastated by a catastrophic tremor last October, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
		The quake was felt in Peshawar, as well as in the towns of Dir, Chitral, Mansehra as well as the capital Islamabad, it said.
		Mansehra and Islamabad both suffered damage in the catastrophic 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Pakistan on Oct. 8, killing more than 73,000 people.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/DPAS-6MUFF4?OpenDocument (195 words)

	Earthquake shakes northern Pakistan. 13/03/2006. ABC News Online
		A moderate earthquake has shaken parts of northern Pakistan devastated by a catastrophic tremor last October, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
		The quake was felt in Peshawar, as well as in the towns of Dir, Chitral, Mansehra as well as the capital Islamabad, it says.
		Mansehra and Islamabad both suffered damage in the catastrophic 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Pakistan on October 8, killing more than 73,000 people.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200603/s1590676.htm (212 words)

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