The violent Glaciers and hapless people of Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit_Baltistan is one of country’s most vulnerable areas to climate change. Gilgit-Baltistan due to its geographical location has been frequently affected by heavy monsoons in the past. Since many years, we observe that extreme weather events in the region as heavy rains and violent floods have seriously affected the life and livelihood to a great extent. The super fast changing climates’ devastating effects are persistent in Gilgit_Baltistan. The glaciers are melting very fast and the violent torrents ruined the number of villages in all over the GB. Science has already confirmed Pakistan’s vulnerability to climatic extremes. Over the past 50 years, cold spells have been decreasing across the county wide. Another comprehensive study on future climatic extremes by researchers of the Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC) shows the increasing risk in future extreme events in terms of intensity and frequency across Pakistan. The magnitude and frequency of te