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- proper noun an administrative region of
Pakistan whose capital isGilgit , home to theKarakoram range that includes more than sixty peaks above 7000 m (22,960 ft), includingK2 , the second highest peak of the world at 8,611 m (28,244 ft).
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Examples
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The Northern Areas is a major destination for foreign tourists, especially serious mountaineers, because it is home to five of the "eight-thousanders" and to more than fifty peaks above 7000 meters.
WN.com - Articles related to 100 peaks in Kashmir opened to foreigners 2010
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The Northern Areas is a major destination for foreign tourists, especially serious mountaineers, because it is home to five of the "eight-thousanders" and to more than fifty peaks above 7000 meters.
WN.com - Articles related to 100 peaks in Kashmir opened to foreigners 2010
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The people of Northern Areas do not have any justifiable fundamental rights since they are technically not citizens of Pakistan.
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The constitution of Pakistan and its map don't show the Northern Areas as belonging to Pakistan.
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A committee under the Chairmanship of the Minister of Kashmir and Northern Areas has prepared the "reform" package.
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Pakistan's move is doubly problematic: apart from under-addressing the anxiety of the people of the Northern Areas, the Empowerment Ordinance has further complicated the politico-legal dimensions of the J&K dispute.
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After years of judicial and legal ambivalence, the Government of Pakistan seeks to extend and reinforce its control over the Northern Areas through the alleged "reform package".
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Complete silence on the part of the international community and India on the issue gives the impression that the LOC has been accepted as fait accompli and Pakistan sovereign right over Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas is implicitly accepted.
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Thus the people of the Northern Areas do not have any representation in the Pakistan National Assembly.
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In 1999 the Pakistan's Supreme Court in a landmark ruling directed the Pakistani government to extend basic rights to the people of Northern Areas within six months and treat them as Pakistani citizens.
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