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Nanga Parbat 26660 ft tall

There’s something special about riding a bike on the roads of Skardu.

The sharp turns, the cold wind, the sound of the Indus River beside the road, and giant mountains all around.. it honestly feels more like a movie scene than a normal road trip.

Some parts of the road are smooth, while others are rough and full of adventure. But that’s exactly what makes the experience unforgettable. Every turn opens a completely new view glaciers, rivers, hanging bridges, and massive Karakoram peaks.

As someone from Skardu, I’ve seen many travelers stop their bikes again and again just to take photos or enjoy the silence of the mountains. The journey itself becomes the destination.

The best thing is that you don’t only experience nature here, you also meet friendly locals, small roadside villages, and the real culture of Gilgit-Baltistan.

If you enjoy road trips, adventure, and mountain landscapes, Skardu’s winding roads are something you should experience at least once in your life.

Every corner of Gilgit-Baltistan feels wild, massive, and untouched. The snow-covered peaks, powerful glaciers, cold winds, and endless valleys make this region a true paradise for mountain lovers.

These mountains are not just beautiful, they make you feel small in the best possible way. Standing near these giant peaks and glaciers gives a different kind of peace and adventure at the same time.

Gilgit-Baltistan is home to some of the world’s highest mountains, and the raw beauty here is beyond words. Pictures can capture the view, but they can never fully capture the feeling of being there.

Nature at its purest. 🇵🇰🤍

Most people describe Islamabad as a clean, green, and peaceful city… but what very few people talk about is that completely different lifestyles exist within the same city.

If you spend enough time here, you’ll notice it clearly:

In F sector like F-6 / F-7, life feels slow and relaxed. The cafés are filled with freelancers, students, and foreigners working on laptops.. it feels like a small global hub ☕

Just a few kilometers away in G-9 / G-10, the city suddenly becomes more busy, noisy, and very “real Pakistan”... markets, offices, and everyday hustle and bustle 🏙️

And then there are the Margalla Hills trails, where you see people jogging in the early morning, families hiking, and tourists completely surprised that such natural beauty exists next to a capital city 🏔️

What makes Islamabad unique is not just its planning, but the fact that different lifestyles exist side by side separate.,

an incredibly scenic video of a flight from Islamabad to Skardu, filmed by the pilot during the journey and the views are absolutely breathtaking.

This route takes you through the massive Karakoram and Himalayan mountain ranges, where the aircraft flies close to towering peaks, deep valleys, and endless snow-covered landscapes.

What makes this flight special:

Flying through high-altitude mountain ranges

Close views of some of the world’s highest peaks

Narrow valleys and dramatic terrain

A truly thrilling and unforgettable experience

The pilot tried to capture the beauty of this route, and it clearly shows how unique and powerful this journey really is.

It’s not just a flight it feels like you’re flying inside the mountains.

As someone connected to the tourism sector, I can say this is one of the most beautiful aerial routes you can experience.

Pakistan is full of such hidden gems, and Skardu is definitely one of them.

‏ٹرمپ سے سوال ہوا کہ تم نے پروجیکٹ فریڈیم روک دیا ٹرمپ کا جواب کیونکہ ہمیں پاکستان نے کہا پاکستان عظیم ہے اس کی لیڈر شپ گریٹ ہے فیلڈ مارشل گریٹ ہے وزیراعظم گریٹ ہے ٹرمپ کو تو لگتا کسی مرشد نے وظیفہ بتا دیا کہ روزانہ دن میں دو دفعہ کہناپاکستان گریٹ ہے😂

Every dot on this map is a confirmed Indus Valley site.

The two largest cities Mohenjo-daro and Harappa are both in Pakistan. Mohenjo-daro sits in Sindh on the right bank of the Indus. Currently being excavated by Asma Ibrahim and Ali Lashari. Harappa sits in Punjab near Sahiwal where sahni first identified it back in 1921.

These aren't minor sites. They're the type sites for the entire civilization.

The whole civilization is named after the Indus River which runs about 2900 kilometers and almost all of that length is inside Pakistan. The first city ever excavated. The first city named. The largest by area. The second-largest. The densest concentration of urban centers. The biggest cluster of major craft production sites.

All of it sitting on Pakistani land.

The Wikipedia entry on the List of IVC Sites has a line that should honestly be quoted in every Pakistani history heritage discussion.

> More than 90% of the inscribed objects and seals discovered from the entire Indus Valley Civilization were found at ancient urban centers along the Indus river in Pakistan mainly in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.

Ninety percent.

Every major seal. Every Priest-King figurine. Every Dancing Girl bronze. Every IVC weight. Every script tablet. Over nine out of ten came out of Pakistani dirt.

ⓘ The size map (second image)

This one is the size-graded version of the same map each settlement is sized by area of urban occupation. The two biggest dots by a wide margin are Mohenjo-daro and Harappa.

The next tier gets more mixed.

Indian sites like Rakhigarhi and Dholavira are legitimate and important and large to some extent. They share the second tier with Pakistani sites like Ganweriwala in Cholistan and Chanhudaro in Sindh when you compare it Mohenjo-daro or harrapa that why there is tier system but the two anchor cities of the civilization. The cities everyone learns about. The cities that define what Harappa means are both in Pakistan.

The civilization didn't even have a capital in the modern sense. It had two anchor poles in Pakistan. by urban density. By city size. By inscribed-seal recovery. By the actual primary-source archaeological volume.

Pakistani territory dominates.

The 90% inscribed seals figure isn't some Pakistani nationalist talking point. It's in the Wikipedia article on IVC sites protect by world heritage from vandalism. It's in Kenoyer's published work aswell.

He excavated these sites following from John Marshall's original survey.

ⓘ The resources map (third image)

This one shows where the Indus Valley civilization got its materials from. Lapis lazuli from Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan traded south through Pakistan.

Tin from Central Asia routed through Pakistan.

Copper from Khetri.

Carnelian from Gujarat near Pakistan border.

Steatite the soapstone used in every IVC seal including the Priest-King came from Pakistani Balochistan.

Shells from the Makran coast which is also Pakistani.

Cotton from Mehrgarh in Pakistani Balochistan. Same site where the world's earliest farming and earliest dental drilling have been found.

The whole economic infrastructure was a Pakistan centered hub and spoke system.

Sea trade ran with Mesopotamia where Sargonid texts call them Meluhha which most scholars believe refers to the Indus civilization of Pakistan.

The economic geography is not really up for debate drop the mic. The center of mass was on Pakistani soil.

Well we wonder some times why we need preach them again and again cuz It matters because school textbooks shape what people believe about civilization origins for life.. Indian textbooks treat the IVC as the foundation of "Republic of India" civilization without any geographic qualification.

Pakistani Textbooks needs to treat it as the foundation of Pakistani civilization to protect the heritage for future generations.

The international scholarly literature increasingly uses "South Asian" framing and that one ends up favoring the Indian narrative most because it lets the geography quietly disappear into thin air.

All these framings have some legitimacy. But not everything is equally true the geographic facts on the ground which the map shows are not neutral.

The two flagship cities are in Pakistan. The Indus River that gives the civilization its name is in Pakistan, mehrgarh the pre-IVC ancestor site that established farming on the subcontinent around 7000 BCE is in Pakistan.

Over 90% of the inscribed seals that document this civilization came out of Pakistan.

And it makes me sick none of this is contested by serious archaeologists.

Get it straight Pakistan is an ancient nation, The modern state is from 1947 yes. But the geography is 9000 years old, Anchored by Mehrgarh from around 7000 BCE and then the Indus Valley Civilization from around 3300 BCE onward, both had their cultural and economic centers on Pakistani territory.

"India" comes from our river.. The Greeks called the river Indos the Persians called the region Hindu. Not modern day India you just took the name by the favour of Mountbatten.

All these names point to the Indus which is in Pakistan, the civilization is named after the river the country south and east of us inherited the name.

Look at the map again.

The dots cluster along the Indus. They cluster in Sindh and Punjab. They cluster in Pakistan.

Whatever this civilization was. And its identity is genuinely contested. Its physical heart was here.

The IVC is shared to some extent subcontinental heritage nobody is arguing it isn't. The argument is that a civilization whose anchor cities and inscribed seals and primary trade hubs and namesake river are all on Pakistani soil is geographically primarily Pakistani heritage.

The split isn't 50-50.

The international literature acknowledges this even when it tries to be diplomatic about it.

Your textbooks should too.

A Pakistani owner of a Jaecoo J7 PHEV shared his experience after a light off-road drive where a small stone strike underneath the vehicle damaged a battery harness connector.

According to him, the service center informed that the part cannot be repaired separately and the entire battery pack would need replacement costing around $13,000.

The incident has raised concerns about durability and off-road claims, especially after the vehicle became stranded in a remote area with his family.

The post gained massive attention online, sparking debate and calls for clarification from the company and its local distributor worldwide social media discussion.

#JaecooJ7 #PHEV #CarIssues #PakistanAuto #Offroad #AutomotiveNews #ConsumerRights #ElectricVehicle #HybridCars

Lower Kachura Lake, also known as ShangriLa Resort, is one of the most peaceful places in Skardu. 🏔️🤍

Captured this beautiful drone view recently, and honestly, the beauty feels unreal from above. The crystal clear water, green surroundings, and mountains all around make this place look like something out of a dream.

What makes ShangriLa special is not just the lake, but the calm atmosphere around it. You can sit there for hours, enjoy the cold breeze, and just forget the noise of everyday life. Every season gives this place a different beauty, but the peaceful feeling always stays the same.

Skardu truly is heaven for people who love nature, mountains, and raw landscapes. Pictures and videos look beautiful, but being there in person feels completely different.

Pakistan’s northern areas never disappoint. 🇵🇰