Northern Pakistan

Northern Pakistan
شمالی پاکستان
Country Pakistan
Adm. Units Azad Jammu and Kashmir
 Gilgit-Baltistan
 Islamabad
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
 Punjab (Rawalpindi Division)
Largest cityRawalpindi
Area
 • Total210,954 km2 (81,450 sq mi)
 [a]
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)

Northern Pakistan (Urdu: شمالی پاکستان ALA-LC: śimālī Pākistān) is a tourism region in northern and north-western parts of Pakistan, comprising the administrative units of Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly known as Northern Areas), Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad Capital Territory and the Rawalpindi Division in Punjab.[1][2] The first two territories are a part of the wider Kashmir region.[b] It is a mountainous region straddling the Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindu Kush mountain ranges, containing many of the highest peaks in the world and some of the longest glaciers outside polar regions.[3] Northern Pakistan accounts for a high level of Pakistan's tourism industry.[4]


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  1. ^ Öztürk, Münir; Hakeem, Khalid Rehman; Faridah-Hanum, I.; Efe, Recep (5 May 2015). Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems. Springer. p. 455. ISBN 978-3-319-12859-7. The northern Pakistan covers Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the upper region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Chitral, and some parts of the central and northern regions of Pakistan.
  2. ^ "Islamabad history". Pakistan.net. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the north of the country...
  3. ^ Öztürk, Münir; Hakeem, Khalid Rehman; Faridah-Hanum, I.; Efe, Recep (5 May 2015). Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems. Springer. pp. 455–456. ISBN 978-3-319-12859-7.
  4. ^ "Explore Pakistan's wildest, most beautiful landscapes". National Geographic Society. 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021.