Pakistan got independence on 14 August 1947. It is relatively a young country but it has history of over five thousand years. Today’s Pakistan was used to be part of Indian sub-continent and that is why there are some commonalities in culture but as a matter of fact it is this part Pakistan where ancient civilizations like Indus Valley Civilization, Gandhara Buddhist Civilization flourished with its central establishment capitals of Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa and Taxila. Official name of Pakistan is Islamic Republic of Pakistan which was founded by Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Pakistan has four provinces namely as Punjab, Baluchistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwah along with federally administered areas of Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. Pakistan’s official language is Urdu but English is being used more for official correspondence whereas there are also provincial languages of Punjabi, Sindhi, Baluchi and Pashto spoken in respective provinces.

Pakistan’s total area is 803, 940 Sq. km with population of 220 million. Pakistan is an agro based country but now equally emerging as an industrialist nation. Pakistan is also blessed with three mighty mountain ranges of the world named as Hindukush, Himalaya and Karakoram. In other words Pakistan is still untapped tourism destination and worth to visit. Islamabad is capital of Pakistan and Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Gilgit and Muzaffarabad are capitals of their respective provinces. It has four seasons but even believed that it has twelve seasons with slight difference to each other. Other unique title for Pakistan is ‘Roof of the World’ and also known as heaven on earth. People of Pakistan are hospitable and ready to welcome you with natural smile that is specialty of Pakistan tour.

This enormous mountain of the north makes the country an important mountain tourism hub, offering great opportunities for mountaineering, climbing and all other mountain related adventure activities during Pakistan tour. The area is aptly called a paradise for mountaineers, adventure seekers and nature lovers. The compelling charm of this high, challenging, endless sea of rugged rock and ice pinnacles lure large number of climbers and trekkers from all over the world to the Northern Areas of Pakistan, each year. Himalaya and Karakoram are the world’s youngest mountain ranges; according to the geologists the northward-drifting Indian plate collided with Asian plate (L’Aurasia). Its northern edge nosed under the Asian plate and about 55 million years ago began to push up the mountains. The Indian plate is still moving northwards at five centimeters a year which is causing the mountains to rise about seven millimeters annually.

In north of Pakistan the mountains are divided into four ranges, the northern most tip of the country is the hub of mountain system. Relating out to the west, on the border with Afghanistan, lie the Hindukush, whose eastern boundary is marked by the Ishkoman and Karumbar rivers of Hunza valley. Flowing north from these, the Pamirs run up into Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Spreading from center to northeast along the border southeast corner, separated from the Karakoram by the Indus River, the western tip of Himalaya lies along the disputed border with India.