pretty much majority of shias in gilgit baltistan but Saudi Arabia has come there ang spend a lot of money for the purpose of making them sunni
Its one of the most beautiful northern areas of Pakistan. The inhabitants of Gilgit are deprived of many basic necessities of life.
1. Ghizer 2. Gilgit 3. Astore 4. Diamer 5. Skardu 6. Ghanche
The administrative divisions of Pakistan are. Punjab Province Sindh Province Khayber Pakhtun Khwa (KPK) Province Balochistan Province Islamabad Capital Territory Federally Administered Tribal Areas Gilgit Baltistan
30% open 15% in taquia
well for shias you open your fast at maghrib time which is after the sun has totally set but for sunnis i dont. but for shias it is reccomended to pray maghrib first then open fast.
Not all Shias do that. But some of us pray on it because we believe that putting our forehead on a material, which is not made directly by Allah, is a bad thing. So instead of praying directly onto the mat, we use a turba, or if there is no truba we can use paper, tissue or a leaf But Zaydi Shias dont do that. Many twelver Shias dont do that either.
Pakistan has 4 territories.Islamabad Capital TerritoryFederally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)Azad Jammu and KashmirGilgit-Baltistan
There were four official provinces of Pakistan i.e. Punjab, NWFP (North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan and Sindh. Kashmir is an independent region with affiliation to Pakistan.Updated:Pakistan now has 5 Official Provinces, because the Gilgit Agency has been given independent Provincial Status. Also the NWFPhas been renamed to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.So the Provinces of Pakistan are (in alphabetical order)1. Baluchistan2. Gilgit-Baltistan3. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa4. Punjab5. SindhRead more: How_many_provinces_are_in_pakistan
An Iraqi. Iraq is home to many cultures and religions, including ethnic Kurds, Shias, Sunnis, and Muslims.
By provinces: Balochistan- 7; Khyber-Pakhtunwa: 11 + 1 under const; Punjab: 27; Sindh: 11, Gilgit: 2
Almonds are grown in hilly areas of Pakistan. Swat, Gilgit, Chitral, Ziyarat, Chaman and many other areas are famous for almond production.
Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres. [1] and probably as many peaks above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in the surroundings of Concordia; the confluence of Baltoro Glacier and Godwin Austen Glacier). Most of the highest peaks in Pakistan lie in Karakoram range (which lies almost entirely in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, and is considered to be a part of the greater Himalayan range) but some peaks above 7,000 m are included in the Himalayan and Hindu Kush ranges.