Gilgite baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constitutes the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1950s.It is the northernmost area administered by Pakistan.It borders Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir to the south, the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north, the Xinjiang region of China, to the east and northeast, and the Indian-administered union territories Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to the southeast. Administering Country Pakistan Established 1 November 1948 Capital Gilgit Largest city Skardu Government[4] • Type Autonomous territory (de facto province) • Body Government of Gilgit-Baltistan • Governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon • Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid • Chief Secretary Muhammad Khuram Aga • Legis