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.

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.

Pakistan is planning to make disputed Gilgit-Baltistan its fifth province, despite India's protest. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran will soon visit the region and make a formal announcement regarding ...

With the last legal formalities of the election over, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have tacitly risen in constitutional stature after over seventy years of silent loyalty. Under the assumption of ...

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 ...

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, ...

Khalid Balti, a resident of Gilgit-Baltistan, has been chosen as the new spokesperson of Pakistan’s Taliban (TTP). He was selected to replace Shahidullah Shahid, who left to join the Pakistan based ...