The strategically important Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is dominating the news not because of its scenic beauty but because of sectarian tension. Unrest and unknown fear have been...
The region of Gilgit-Baltistan is of great significance. It shares borders with China on the north, and Afghanistan is connected through the Wakhan Corridor. On the...
The region of Gilgit-Baltistan is in the news again, this time regarding the Khalsa land issue. The Sikh Empire, which was formed under Ranjit Singh, lasted...
Wakhan is a strip of land in the Pamir Mountain range where China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan share borders. The Wakhan Corridor runs North East from...
The term great game is attributed to Captain Arthur Canolly who in 1840 in a letter mentioned it to Major Henry Rawlinson Political Agent Kandahar. It...
Ladakh was a British frontier post on the land route to China through the Karakoram Pass. Ladakh was under Wazir Wazarat, who also responsible for Baltistan...
It was in 1842 when for the first time a Sikh force entered Gilgit on the request of an ousted Raja which reshaped the history of...
