Gilgit-Baltistan Essays

6. Is CPEC Marshall Plan of South Asia? Some Pakistani officials refer CPEC as a Marshall Plan. In my opinion, this is an insult to the Marshall Plan. The Marshall Plan, among other things wanted to empower people. It aimed to strengthen democracies and alleviate poverty and misery. It wanted to enrich people and educate people by establishing new infrastructure, and by establishing new schools, colleges and universities; and investing in new industries and new technology. American Secretary of

“The words were on their way, and when they arrived she would hold them in her hand like clouds and she would wring them out like the rain” - Markus Zusak (the book thief) Words are powerful. They bring hope, give courage, show enlightenment, however, if used in the wrong way, these same words can also bring pain and cause grief. I formed a relationship with words when I was eight. My mother gave me my first novel: the naughtiest

to the tourism and travel industry since the attacks on September 11, 2001. This study looks at the impact that terrorism has on tourism levels. On June 22, 2013, about 16 militants, reportedly dressed in Gilgit Scouts uniforms, stormed a high- altitude mountaineering base camp in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and killed 10 climbers and a local guide. The climbers were

TALLEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD. John Muir, in his book “The Mountains of California” talks about mountains and the Glory Mountains can bring in human life. He says, “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn.” As a matter of fact, they are great thing that grace our mother nature and fills