Gilgit-Baltistan Enjoyed a brief period of independence between November 1, 1948, when the suzerainty of the Dogra.
Gilgit Baltistan borders Azad Kashmir to the southwest, the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China to the north and northeast and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast.
Gilgit Baltistan borders Azad Kashmir to the southwest, the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China to the north and northeast and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast.
Geography
Only a part of the basin of the Gilgit River,i.e. Gilgit Valley is included within the political boundaries of Gilgit District. There is an intervening width of mountainous country, represented chiefly by glaciers and ice fields, and intersected by narrow sterile valleys, measuring some 100 metres (330 ft) to 150 metres (490 ft) in width, to the north and north-east, which separates the province of Gilgit from the Chinese frontier beyond the Muztagh and Karakoram. Towering above Gilgit is Mount Rakaposhi at 7,788 metres (25,551 ft).
Administration
The Government of Pakistan has recently changed the status of the Northern Areas through a constitutional order and has renamed it as the defacto province of Gilgit–Baltistan. The ceremonial head is the Governor Peer Karam Ali Shah, who is the constitutional head of provincial government, assisted an executive Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah and a council of ministers.Administered by a tailor-made political and local government system. The local government system is based on a Legislative Council (Provincial Assembly), elected by people in all six districts through voting, headed by a speaker. Technocrats and women members are later elected/selected through a proper system.Chief Secretary is administrative head of all departments, controlling all the affairs on behalf of chief minister Government of Pakistan.Inspector General of Police, currently Mr Muhammad Saleem Bhatti, heads the police department, with deputy superintendents in all six districts.Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
- Astore
- Diamer
- Ghanche
- Kharmang
- Shigar
- Ghizer
- Gilgit
- Skardu
- Hunza–Nagar
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