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Famous Forts - Northern Areas of Pakistan

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FAMOUS FORTS - Northern Areas Baltit Fort is an ancient fort in the Hunza valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Founded in the 8th CE, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list since 2004. Historical Background In olden times a number of small independent states existed in the history of Northern Areas of Pakistan. Among them Hunza and Nager were the traditional rival states, situated on opposite sides of the Hunza (kanjut) river. The rulers of these two states, known as Thámo / Mirs (Thάm=S), built various strongholds to express their power. According to historical sources the Hunza rulers initially resided in the Altit Fort, but later as a result of a conflict between the two sons of the ruler Sultan, Shah Abbas (Shάboos) and Ali Khan (Aliqhάn), Shaboos shifted to the Baltit Fort, making it the capital seat of Hunza. The power struggle between the two brothers eventually resulted in the death of younger one, and so Baltit Fort further established itself

Most Famous Destinations - Northern Area

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Most Famous Destinations Pakistan is multi culture and multi season Country. Land of rivers, snow peaks, lush green meadows and cultural places of great value. That is Pakistan which has been victim of terrorism of past few years due to so many factors but this one factor has caused great issues for habitats of our holy land.   Pakistan offers diverse landscape to its visitors. The language changes each after 15 miles and cultural changes are also evident if you move from one area to another. Our rich cultural values are deeply rooted into our system.  There are various locations which are spectacular but we are only going to discuss top 5 tourist destination in Northern areas of Pakistan . 1.                Hunza ( Gilgit ) 2.                Skardu City 3.                Naran Kaghan 4.                Kalam ( Swat) 5.                Chitral Hunza ( Gilgit )  Hunza is wonderland of northern areas of Pakistan . Hunza has always been famous in North

History Of Northern Areas - Pakistan

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The history of North Pakistan is very interesting and the people of this region has best customs and traditions with typical costumes, folk dances, music and sports like polo and buzkashi, its also attratcs teh nationional and international tourists to an unforgettable experience of this heaven on earth. These area has distinction that world top 14 peaks above 8,000 meters highest peaks on world or earth are in in North Pakistan , Four are also  lies on world highest glacier namely Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram range in North Pakistan. These Peaks included world top peaks like K2 or Mount Godowin Austin which is 8,611 meter high and this peaks is  world’s second highest peak in the entire globe. The top and highest peaks in North Pakistan are Gasherbrum -I which is 8,068 meter high , secondly Broad Peak which is 8,047 meters high  and thirdly Gasherbrum-II which is 8,035 meter high. Nanga Parbat is also another top peaks which is also a great, which is highest in this rang

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