My piece last week concerning my recent travels in Gilgit-Baltistan evoked public interest. Connectivity — air and land — as highlighted remains the foundational issue for both tourists and people.

History was made the day Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, flew to New Delhi to attend the swearing in of India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Both leaders are proponents of open borders and ...

In its long modern history, Gilgit has always been a city inhabited by Shias, Sunnis, and Ismailis. These communities traded with each other, lived side-by-side, and even in some cases got married.

“What is your caste?” This was the question asked by my friends from Sindh who were visiting the snow-capped valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan for their vacations. In mainland Pakistan, this might be a ...

GILGIT: The 76th Independence Day of Gilgit-Baltistan was celebrated across the region on Wednesday, with rallies and functions, including cake-cutting ceremonies. Events were held in Gilgit, Skardu, ...

A connectivity route, primarily an economic venture of one of the key economies of the world, is also simultaneously enabling two scattered segments of a community spread across two countries to reach ...

Premier Shehbaz congratulates nation on 77th anniversary of Gilgit-Baltistan’s freedom from Dogra rule Says GB’s people showed unmatched courage, unity, and love for Pakistan in 1947, urges renewed ...