Life of people of Gilgit Baltistan in winter.

GILGIT -- Gilgit Baltistan is the most important area of Pakistan due to its geography and a beautiful landscape full of mountains with snow covered peaks and streams full of dancing waters and roaring rivers. The beauty of the area is further enhanced by a variety of luxuriant fruits including cherry, apricot, apple, pears and peach orchards.

The GB is one of the only places where all four seasons can be witnessed in their natural state; But ,despite the mind blowing beauty of the area, the winter season is really harsh in the mountains of Gilgit Baltistan. Mostly People stay indoors, and store food during the summer. Most of the people of Gilgit Baltistan use the locally-made wood stoves to cope with the harsh winter, and they have started preparing themselves for the severe weather conditions ahead as temperatures have started plunging here this week.

In extreme winter, that lasts from November to end of March, fir-wood stoves become a necessity of life. Mostly residents use different types of stoves for cooking and protecting themselves from the cold. But nowadays due to high price of fire- wood residents of GB look worried.

Nadeem Khan a resident of Gilgit while talking to reporter, sought urgent attention of the government towards the problem,'High price of wood for heating purpose in market affects the routine life of the people of GB but we have no LPG or other source for heating purpose in Gilgit Baltistan.

Shams Mir Advisor to Chief Minister GB while talking to reporter said that 'to cope with the winter season, government of GB has already taken practical steps, we have decided to provide Air- mix gas (LPG) plant to more...