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Northern Pakistan (Urdu: شمالی پاکستان ALA-LC: śimālī Pākistān) is a tourism region in northern and north-western parts of Pakistan, comprising the administrative units of Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly known as Northern Areas), Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad Capital Territory and the Rawalpindi Division in Punjab.
Gilgit-Baltistan (/ ˌ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ɪ t ˌ b ɔː l t ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n /; Urdu: گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان [12] listen ⓘ), [a] formerly known as the Northern Areas, [13] is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan ...
Although Urdu is widely spoken and understood throughout all of Pakistan, [137] only 9% of Pakistan's population spoke Urdu according to the 2023 Pakistani census. [138] Most of the nearly three million Afghan refugees of different ethnic origins (such as Pashtun , Tajik , Uzbek , Hazarvi , and Turkmen ) who stayed in Pakistan for over twenty ...
Hazara region by James Abbott.. Hazara (Hindko: هزاره, Urdu: ہزارہ), historically known as Pakhli, [1] is a region in northern Pakistan, falling administratively within the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Nagar (Urdu: ریاست نگر, Riyasat Nagar) was a princely state located in the northern region of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. Before August 1947, it maintained a subsidiary alliance with British India.
According to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the Kohistan region had total population of 1,395,190. The region is rich in linguistic diversity. The region is rich in linguistic diversity. The dominant ethnic group are Kohistanis , comprising 64.26% of total population, followed by Pashtuns (17.89%), Torwalis and Kalami (10.11%) and Shinas (4.28%).
Pakistan, [e] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, [f] is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, [g] having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.
Northern Areas Transport Corporation or NATCO (Urdu: ٹرانسپورٹ کارپوریشن برائے شمالی علاقہ جات) is the largest transport company in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and throughout the Karakoram Highway. NATCO is providing its service from Rawalpindi to Karachi daily for last decade.