Pictures from GB

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Hunza Beauty.

 

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The Khunjerab Pass. Pak-China Border

 

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Karakoram Highway, Altit Fort & Hunza River all in one frame

Altit Fort is an ancient fort at Altit town in the Hunza valley in Gilgit Baltistan. It was originally home to the hereditary rulers of the Hunza state who carried the title Mir, although they moved to the somewhat younger Baltit fort nearby three centuries later.

Altit Fort and in particular the Shikari tower is around 1100 years old, which makes it the oldest monument in the Gilgit Baltistan. The fort has received the #UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural #Heritage Conservation in 2011.

Photo by Muhammad Usman Aftab

 

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Scenic Dahimal valley of District Ghizer

️ Ghizer District is the westernmost part of the Gilgit-Baltistan. Its capital is Gahkuch. Ghizer is a crossroads between Gilgit and Chitral via Shandur Pass, and also to China and Tajikistan via the Broghil Pass through Ishkomen Valley.

️Ghizer District comprises Punial, Gupis, Yasen, Phander and Ishkoman Valleys.

Photo by Khurram Shahzad

 

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Moltoro Bridge, Chunda Valley, Skardu
Photo: Saqib Hassan

 

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Beautiful Hunza Nagar, Gilgit Baltistan

 

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Kharpocho Fort, Skardu, built in sixteenth century by king Ali Sher Khan, saw its final battle in 1948 when it was captured after a long siege, the then commander of fort, Lt. Col. Sher Jung Thapa was taken as a prisoner and eventually sent back to India where he later retired as a brigadier.

 

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Cold desert Shigar, Skardu during winters.

 

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Kharpocho Fort, Skardu, built in sixteenth century by king Ali Sher Khan, saw its final battle in 1948 when it was captured after a long siege, the then commander of fort, Lt. Col. Sher Jung Thapa was taken as a prisoner and eventually sent back to India where he later retired as a brigadier.

The mortar that finally broke through the gate was flown, strapped in the second seat of a DH 82 Tiger Moth, to an ad hoc airstrip in Gilgit and then transported on the back of a mule to Skardu.

Cold desert Shigar, Skardu during winters.


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Katpana Desert.

 

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A glance of Tupopdan “mouthful of sun” peaks standing tall alongside the Hunza River near Passu village, upper Hunza, GB,

 

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Domel , Gilgit Baltistan

 

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Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan

Photo: Shahid Khan

 

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Picture is from China, Not Pakistan.

 

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Upper Kachura Lake,
Skardu, GB,