Gilgit-Baltistan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu گلگت بلتستان (gilgit baltistān).

Proper noun

Gilgit-Baltistan

2. An administrative territory of Pakistan, part of Pakistani-Administered Kashmir, as well as the wider Kashmir, region. Capital: Skardu.

Synonyms

• (former name) Federally Administered Northern Areas
• (former name) Northern Areas

See also

provinces of Pakistanedit

• Azad Kashmir
• Balochistan
• Gilgit-Baltistan
• Islamabad Capital Territory
• Jammu Kashmir
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Punjab
• Sindh

• Azad Jammu and Kashmir (southernmost and the smaller of two political entities which together constitute the Pakistani-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir)
• Azad Kashmir