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History of Baltistan Reference: Copied from  http://www.tibet-encyclopaedia.de/baltistan.html    Figure 1: The location of Baltistan in the extreme north-east of Pakistan. Source:    www.lib.utexas.edu/  maps / kashmir.html   Figure 2: The Karakorum Highway (red) from Islamad to Sinkiang and the 170 km long connecting road (black) to Skardu in Baltistan Baltistan (Little-Tibet) Baltistan, formerly also known as Little Tibet (Little Tibet, Petit Tibet, Tibet Minor), is a high mountainous region in the extreme north-east of Pakistan. Baltistan is characterized by its location in the Karakorum stretching between the 35th and 36th northern latitudes over about 650 km, a huge mountain range, with the K2 also the second highest mountain in the world. Less than 1% of the area of ​​Baltistan is irrigated, so that the region, as seen from the oases and mountain pastures along the rivers, consists essentially of in...

Beautiful Balti Laddakhi Song by Famous Indian Singer Shreya Ghoshal & Ringchan

بلتستان ایلیمیٹری ایگزامینیشن سیل ڈائریکٹوریٹ آف ایجوکیشن بلتستانڈویژن نے سمسٹر بہار اور خزاں 2016 کے مجموعی نتائج کا اعلان کر دیا ہے Directorate of Education Baltistan Region announced annual result 2016. The top ten (10) position holder of respectives classes are:  Top 10 position Holder Class 8th Top 10 Position Holders Class 5th Reference:Directorate of Education Baltistan Region.  http://doeb.edu.pk/beeb-has-announced-results-of-class-5th-and-8th-3/beeb-has-announced-results-of-class-5th-and-8th-4

This festival is like Nowruz of Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.Peoples of Gilgit Baltistan are called gbians (gbians, gb people, Balti) In Northern Pakistan (Chitral, Gilgit, Baltistan) because of Ismaili Majority, population there, and Northern Punjab Nowruz is celebrated as a socio-religious festival. It is also celebrated with much fervour in Balochistan, and in almost all of Pakistan’s major urban centres . The day coincides with the Spring Equinox on March 21, but the celebration continues for weeks. In Baltistan, the main features of Nowruz are the giving of coloured eggs to friends signifying the earth and polo matches. In Balochistan, the festival is marked with outdoor feasts, and the traditional jumping over a fire to wash away sins and usher in a fresh start. The origins of this festival are pre-Islamic and date back to when Pakistan was part of the Achaemenid and Sassanid Persian empires. It is a part of Burusho people’s culture. The UN’s General Assembly in 2010 r...

Nowruz  (Persian: نوروز‎, IPA: [nouˈɾuːz], meaning ” The  New Day”) is the name of the Iranian New Year in the Solar Hijri calendar. Nowruz is also referred to as the Persian New Year.   Nowruz marks the first day of spring or Equinox as and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical Northward equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. The moment the sun crosses the celestial equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and families gather together to observe the rituals. Nowruz is celebrated by people from diverse ethnic communities and religious backgrounds for thousands of years. It is a secular holiday that is enjoyed by people of several different faiths. It originated in Persia in one of the capitals of the Achaemenid empire in Persis (Fars) in Iran and is also celebrated by the cultural region that came under ...

Reference: Daily Pakistan.