PAKISTAN | The First Impressions Of GilGit 🇵🇰

Arriving at Gilgit and enjoying the beautiful scenery and amazingly friendly people. I knew what to expect exactly in the mountains and it exceeded my expectations.
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[@rajithaaththanayake9533]

You are a man with a beautiful heart. You always treat everyone the same without any discrimination. Much love from 🇱🇰❤

[@fb079]

Love from GB Sri Lanka is a very beautiful country and the people are equally lovely.

[@hamzatariq20]

It literally brought tears in my eyes when you bought gifts for those little kids. That was very kind of you. InshAllah Allah will reward you for your generosity. Allah Hafiz.

[@user-zp5hw8zd5i]

I love your kindness.. saying hello to everyone 😊 ( love from greece 🇬🇷)

[@memeadda1296]

I AM FROM PAKISTAN

[@anupamadarsh742]

I really like the way you support local small businesses! My blessings and love🙌 from Indiaaaaaaa 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you so much, means a lot! 😍

[@danishahmad6998]

15:26 this is what humans are designed for ❤️to help each other. . Thank you davud for having such beautiful heart

[@himalayanboy9739]

Thank You Davud Akhundzada for sharing this positive video of GilgitBaltistan. I'm also in this video starting session on bridge guiding you as a tourist police in civil uniform 😆😆 because that's not our duty time. Thank You 💖

[@stefanmarks1381]

Did you know ?... The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region in northern Pakistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, has a long history. The people of the region, described as Dards, are mentioned by classical Greek and Roman historians and in sacred Hindu texts. This early history (3rd century CE-10th century CE) of the region shows it as ruled by the Kushan, Chinese, and Tibetan empires. In the 7th-century accounts of Chinese travelers and 8th- and 9th-century Arabic and Persian chronicles, the region is named as Palolo or Bolor in Arabic. It is also mentioned in the 10th-century Persian chronicle Hodud al-ʿĀlam, the 11th-century Kashmiri classic Rajatarangini, and the 16th-century Tarikh-e-Rushdi of Mirza Haider Dughlat, a chronicler of the Mughal emperor Akbar’s court. The colonial history of the region began with the forays of the Dogra generals of Gulab Singh, the Raja of Jammu in the first half of the 19th century. It is this history of foreign invasions and local rebellions that lies at the heart of the confusion that surrounds the legal, political, and constitutional status of the region to this day. The successive invasions of local Rajas from Jammu and later on from Kashmir, then of the British, as well as the region’s attachment to Pakistan have resulted in multiple claims and counterclaims of sovereignty. Today, the region is mired in the intractable dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. At one point in the late 19th century, the Kashmir state, the British, and the Chinese all simultaneously laid claim on the small kingdom of Hunza. Between 1947 and 1974, the Pakistani government administered GB in much the same way as the British had done, that is, without political representation of the region in the national Parliament. The history of GB since Partition has been essentially a history of its struggle to become a full member of the Pakistani state. This history is fascinating as a case of graded sovereignty. Some piecemeal reforms and agonizingly slow implementation of those reforms since the 1950s has occurred. The hope of the local people in 1947 that they would join the Pakistani federation as a province, as other regions of the country, has essentially remained unrealized.

[@Ali-dc8op]

As a gilgiti shina speaking thanks for this information .. Really appreciate 😊

[@jdp5288]

Hasn't GB become a province of Pakistan recently?

[@stefanmarks1381]

@@jdp5288 Gilgit-Baltistan thus gained a de facto province-like status without constitutionally becoming part of Pakistan. Currently, Gilgit-Baltistan is neither a province nor a state. It has a semi-provincial status.

[@wonderland9126]

In the first half of the 1st millennium, the Kashmir region became an important centre of Hinduism and later-under the Mauryas and Kushanas-of Buddhism. Later in the ninth century, during the rule of the Karkota Dynasty, a native tradition of Shaivism arose. It flourished in the seven centuries of Hindu rule, continuing under the Utpala and the Lohara dynasties, ending in mid-14th century. Islamization in Kashmir began during the 13th century, accelerated under Muslim rule during the 14th and 15th centuries, and led to the eventual decline of the Kashmir Shaivism in Kashmir. In 1339, Shah Mir became the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir, inaugurating the Shah Mir dynasty. For the next five centuries, Muslim monarchs ruled Kashmir, including the Mughal Empire, who ruled from 1586 until 1751, and the Afghan Durrani Empire, which ruled from 1747 until 1819. That year, the Sikhs, under Ranjit Singh, annexed Kashmir. In 1846, after the Sikh defeat in the First Anglo-Sikh War, the Treaty of Lahore was signed and upon the purchase of the region from the British under the Treaty of Amritsar, the Raja of Jammu, Gulab Singh, became the new ruler of Kashmir. The rule of his descendants, under the paramountcy (or tutelage) of the British Crown, lasted until 1947. Note:- Don't write false history of kashmir...The colonisation began in 14th century when outsider came in kashmir and change demography of kashmir....

[@zaharabanoo6338]

@@wonderland9126 that has been always the case starting even you Brahmins are not natives only Dravidians are said to be natives many tribes like Jatt, Gujjars etc are said to have foreign origin including that is how Brahminisim started

[@darjidilipbhai5543]

Your simplicity is your personality Love u from INDIA

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you so much, that is very sweet! Love to India 🇮🇳

[@amansinghyadav2387]

गिलगित is also part of भारत

[@fancykidsdresses3556]

​@@amansinghyadav2387 ok😂

[@manaksharma9040]

@@amansinghyadav2387 yes

[@modiputinbiden6290]

@@fancykidsdresses3556 Pakistan is also part of India

[@tanyasingh5996]

Its aloo ke pakora which is potato dipped in cheakpea (potato fry) And jalebi is wheatflour (maida & dipped in sugar syrup. We have same thing in india..

[@fb079]

These foods only recently came to GB to cater to Pakistani tourist. We didn't have pakoras or jalabi before.

[@khantravelguide]

Welcome to the most hospitable area of Pakistan. ( Besides KPK)

[@tmk5]

Very brave and nice people of Gilgit. They fought themselves and won a freedom for themselves. ❤️ Hardly in other countries know about Azerbaijan but here they love Azerbaijan more than any other country.

[@mistayuto]

Both the people and the natural landscape of Gilgit are beautiful.

[@hirunihiruni4421]

Love from Sri Lanka ❤️❤️🇱🇰

[@robertfuest007]

No hours of life are wasted when it’s spent on Royal Enfield Classic

[@sathayeesuppiah3671]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful video of Gilgit. Have a safe journey bro.

[@ShanikaSewwandi94]

Hii brother. Stay safe. We miss you.. 🇱🇰🌼

[@ankushbharath1844]

Bro,Gilgit is in POK,India🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@lazorplayz4556]

Gilgitbaltistan is never Kashmir. They don't call themselves kashmiris

[@anksssssssss]

@@lazorplayz4556 who cares what they call themselves , it was part of Kashmir , illegally under Pakistani control . It's under un charter , and gilgit and whole pok is only issue between India and Pakistan.

[@lazorplayz4556]

@@anksssssssss gilgitbaltistan was captured by the Hindu ruler of Kashmir. Gilgitbaltistanis can't even speak kashmiri nor they have any relations with kashmiris. The hunza valley was the only valley which was not captured by Hindu ruler and was under state of hunza which choosed Pakistan

[@anksssssssss]

@@lazorplayz4556 if u want to go in past there is no limit , kashmir was all Hindu territory in past , hindu king reclaimed it , so yes , there is no issue in that and at the time of independence it was under control of Hindu king , which sign being part of India . So legally it's indian terotery . Ur agrgument goes to Baluchistan too , it was independent till Pakistani army captured it and make them sign agreement for Pakistan ,

[@lazorplayz4556]

@@anksssssssss HAHAHA who said that? There were no pak army forces for like many months. Baluchistan signed for Pakistan on June 1947. Pakistan didn't even had a army for 10 years. The head of army was a British and the Pakistani personals came in army after few months of independence while the army was controlled by a British till 1957. Before that Pakistan was secular

[@402ronit]

What a amazing free country..gilgit..hopefully balochistan will be free soon...love from india

[@hke.4475]

Cry hindu

[@balajiprasad4753]

Very nice places u r traveling selected places and beautiful too. Dauvd sir whatever costumes u wear it's looking BEST for your personality. The cap u putting very nice. BEST OF LUCK.

[@ShortsShow01]

Hi love from India( Gujarat ).🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@loveyourlife8999]

Really Indian and Pakistan people so sweet people watching from philippines 🇵🇭

[@MrMamaMaya]

Till now you may come know or not .... ? Bhaee Jaan (from Azerbhaijan) is an urdu word. It means Brother (specially a respedful word for "elder brother" and generally for every person)

[@chaminimesha5512]

Nice video brother.🤗 I like your qualities. You treat everyone equally kindly. I appreciate your that noble quality😍 Simply put, you are an example to every humen being. Stay safe & God bless you brother.🇱🇰❤

[@annihilationminds9586]

I love the way when you say asalam walekum

[@ssliyanage9640]

Hi Davud,I love your vlogs, very inspiring makes me want to travel too🇱🇰

[@Davud_Akh]

You should! Thank you so much!

[@beautyobserver2022]

Most welcome to Pakistan.

[@DeflectionMode]

Hello Brother, here watching and supporting you from Katy, Texas (near Houston). 😊

[@Lebanon_Group]

My dream place to stay for at least a month..such a beautiful scenary

[@HaiderKhan-qf3ek]

daud brother you are such a nice guy by heart you have bought thos lil things for children has earn my respect for you...

[@benignafernandez6028]

you have to come to know Brazil, you will like it very much you will be very welcome

[@spiritualgateway15666]

Gilgit this is intergal part of India

[@J7pat7]

Cringe comment. Why make comment like this on a channel like this . Focus on improving India instead of posting cringe comments on this type of channels.

[@anksssssssss]

@@J7pat7 becoz he is politically incorrect in his title . Next time learn about world , before advicing anyone

[@AndroidGuru13]

@@anksssssssss every person living there classifies them selves as PAKISTANI. For India to take Gilgit they would have to kill veryone there or have a strong military rule where the locals would not want that. There's no way for India to take GB Move on. Develop Indian kashmir and Ladakh and then maybe the people will want to become free and be like JKL.

[@J7pat7]

@@anksssssssss But it's not incorrect. Or else the area would be under actual Indian rule but it isn't .

[@anksssssssss]

@@J7pat7 its not under India's control becoz one stupid pm nehru went to un and agree for ceasefire before taking back complete area militarily . But that doesn't mean it will not taken in future .

[@waqasbaloch3990]

Love from Pakistan

[@jacobthomas6620]

It is a pleasure watching your videos, u r so humble and polite. When you get a chance visit Kerala, south India 🇮🇳. Also video about Azerbaijan 🙏👍🌇

[@srajalkumar1118]

Free kashmir ,Kerala tamil nadu ...from Pakistan

[@fb079]

Kerala is a beautiful place and the people from there are even more beautiful and lonely. ❤️❤️

[@Southfloridavibes]

It's a privilege to join you on these journeys with you Davud. You have shown me places I would not have seen in my lifetime. I am forever grateful to you Thanks again brother and always be safe..

[@ArifKhan-jn3wn]

Dawood bhai you love pakistan and we also love our pakistani brothers

[@Shakirsh123]

Peaceful place love from Kashmir

[@madurathnayaka5933]

You are a real human being In the fullest sense of the word with a beautiful heart. And also you have a natural smile love it ❤️

[@abcd12342830]

Loving your videos, your amazing and so patient

[@proudpanther701]

Gilgit is famous for its semi precious stones too

[@Scrapbook101]

Hope you enjoyed the fresh air and natural beauty of Pakistan... May Allah keep you safe and have a nice journeys around the world. Mostly women over there don't like to come Infront of camera due to privicy issues and they like to spend their most time at home by looking after their families. Men feel ashamed for them when women step out to do any job. They have a strong believe that it is a man due to earn money and support his family. Women are like queens.

[@yohansilva9679]

Thanks for bringing us real experience...

[@sidheart8905]

Very nice man given gift to small girls... love form india

[@donaldmunro7156]

Really enjoying your videos David. Very interesting and beautiful place. The people are very friendly.

[@sirSamsonite]

Love this video Davud you have such a positive warm humble presence amongst the people, Love your work, keep being yourself my bro. Stay safe

[@vidyutmulki2807]

Enjoyed watching this video. You are a very simple and a humble person. Stay Blessed

[@aditya18]

Love from India ❤️

[@nihalahire3876]

First like bro..❤

[@Davud_Akh]

Legend!

[@CookingwithHumi]

Beautiful Pakistan vlogg

[@balochsadiq6083]

Being a pakistani i never see gilgat thank you and KZbin for this unbelievable videos

[@travelerpakistani5003]

Waho i tomuch happy you visit my country

[@timefor523]

I am your big fan ❤️

[@barcalover016]

it is nice that you buy for this little girls a gift, but why did you tell them to go .. jesus man they were standing there before you even came to the shop.

[@ratiprakash1261]

Hi Davud, your videos are amazing 🚩🇮🇳

[@fritoguy]

How recent is this video? I’m only asking cuz of what’s happening in Pakistan Rn and I’m wondering if it’s still ok to visit

[@SabirHussain-qw1ju]

Hi Davud, when you come to Pakistan next time, try to explore rural sindh. You will see poverty, hospitality, diverse culture and simplicity.

[@robertfuest007]

And also terrorism

[@SabirHussain-qw1ju]

@@robertfuest007 no dear, there is no terrorism any more. These rural places are safe by all means.

[@SabirHussain-qw1ju]

Davud has visited Pakistan, he knows better that Pakistan is safe now.

[@samratkharel2012]

Watching from Nepal 🇳🇵

[@BlackWOLF-vt3rh]

You are an awesome Davud.

[@kmvlogs5288]

Welcome to heaven present in our Great country Pakistan. This is the place where you find all world high range mountains which includes Karakuram range, Hamalya Range, Hindu Kush range and Pamir Range. All these great ranges are present in our great country Pakistan. Must visit China border present in Pamir range of Pakistani areas. Good luck for your trip.

[@kushal809]

Awesome video 🔥🔥👍❤️❤️

[@chcjdjfhlvsjbdi2476]

Thank you brother

[@jivasrocks]

Gilgit Baltistan belongs to India

[@yimulan8343]

Gilgit baltistan belongs to balawaristan

[@waqasbaloch3990]

India belongs to Pakistan

[@sohailpramanik3466]

13:27 those Jilapi sellers should give David bro a Jilapi for taste as a traveler. People looks so oldy of Gilgit. Govt should take some necessary steps for development of this area

[@IndianAnimeWeeb]

And Surely One day we will take back What belongs to Us! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@hke.4475]

Please come will bucther hindussss

[@fb079]

It never belonged to you Indians it belonged of us Gilgitis and we kicked you out of our land to join pakistan

[@chutenderchodi7369]

You've got a gigantic Chunk of land already but your greed is not ending

[@sultanrayder]

you're a kind person

[@Bibi-xn5rn]

Beautiful place.

[@Rafay16222]

plese visit karachi

[@MukhtarAhmad-xc2bi]

Amazing kids love from Ladakh India

[@balochsadiq6083]

Wonderful video

[@SiteGod]

Please comeback to India it feels like you are a family member now whose gone for long now and we are Missing you.... comeback Davud .....all the best....keep it up 🔥🥂

[@anksssssssss]

He is in india , gilgit is part of India .

[@anksssssssss]

@@alankingdmv u r in dreams bro , which country r u from , country Baluchistan or keibur pashtun ???

[@modiputinbiden6290]

@@alankingdmv Taliban Mubarak Shariyat Mubarak 😁😁😁 2PM , 2Army Mubarak 😂🤣😂😂

[@ArifKhan-jn3wn]

What a beautiful pakistan

[@mmm-xh6ll]

Hi Davud. I like your Pakistan and Afghanistan videos the most. You look like you also enjoying these two countries. I am from Pakistan but i live in the UK. Also you look like Ertugrul Ghazi im sure you have been told this many times? Also you look muslim, are you? Good work bro.

[@dondondone6591]

Today I’m gonna subscribe to you after 1 year only because what u bought for the kids I like to see people like this who look after poor

[@chamodhonline]

Hey Davud, we miss u machan 🇱🇰

[@Ronal-nl3uu]

You are so friendly, you got so many people heart easily , the way you laughed are so unique.people love you ,my wife has subscribed too, i really worry because she really adoring you are right now

[@azkasaeed3031]

Awesome

[@sameersayyed8851]

beautiful place gilgit

[@kushal809]

Love your videos 🔥🔥👍❤️❤️❤️

[@juancarlosnavarretecorrea5169]

From Perú 🇵🇪✨🤗✨🤗 un mercado en Pakistán a market in pakistan good luck, continue the interesting journey

[@stefaniahassel2031]

Can you please go to Hunza!

[@yashjadhav7449]

In india cow is sacred Hindus consider cow as a god

[@fb079]

In Gilgit we consider them dinner

[@yashjadhav7449]

@@fb079 sorry in advance if uh get offend but if uh got faith in anything as a human i will respect those thing or atleast pay respect in front of uh.....

[@manu.ba374]

BRO PLEASE VISIT SECOND MOST BEAUTIFUL CAPTAL IN THE WORLD😊ISLAMABAD😇

[@truthseeker7423]

Gilgit is actually part of ladakh. Their language is also similar ( I m taking about real gilgit people not about Pakistani who have settled in gilgit)

[@waqasbaloch3990]

Insallah ladakh b jaldi Azad ho ga.. Gilgit ki trha

[@truthseeker7423]

@@waqasbaloch3990 usse phle Balochistan na Azad ho jaye

[@waqasbaloch3990]

@@truthseeker7423 Us sy b pehly Khalistan. Nagaland. Jonagarh. Mizuram. Kerala Azad ho ga

[@zaharabanoo6338]

Gilgit people speak Dardic language shina which is indo aryan while ladkah speaks ladakhi which is Tibetan in origin like Balti of Baltistan. Am i right?

[@7089sunny]

Nice brother

[@natashali2345]

Beautiful people

[@JaskoonerSingh]

I thought it would be too cold to grow watermelons in the mountains of Gilgit. They must be brought in from warmer parts of the country ?

[@fb079]

Bought in from Punjab and Sindh. Very little vegetables grow in GB.

[@jashankalar]

You are so nice person

[@AnilThakor-uk5eo]

❤️ Super ❤️🙏

[@TIKtok-cu5cf]

This is Pakistan occupied Kashmir which is real part of India jai hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@shariqmustafa7957]

Kashmir is a part of Pakistan which is illegally occupied by India

[@Maple-q7p]

Please visit Jammu Kashmir mountains of India also

[@nicholas11417]

first impression gilgit is beautiful it Kashmir india not Pakistan. Hope your get this clear it been occupied since 1947.

[@_timespace_]

04:54

[@chutenderchodi7369]

Kashmir is and always will be an independent country

[@elbidasumer2428]

Very kind youtubers

[@nagirawat9690]

bhut jaldi bharth ka ho ga Gilgit baltistan

[@fb079]

Lol we don't allow cow worshippers in gilgit

[@chutenderchodi7369]

Under Ghazwae hind 2.0

[@apternacandra7792]

why every region you come, no woman in there?

[@pang2455]

Bro you look like Ragnar Lothbrok from Vikings 😂😂👍👍👍

[@asiftahir]

There is a language barrier. When you said no water Mellon for me they did not understand. And some people don’t offer food or other things because they think he is a foreigner and he might I not like it, otherwise people are very hospitable and friendly, it’s just a language barrier and shyness.

[@newmoviesforyou101]

I look your video to India series Best video Love 💝 from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@sarvjeetsingh6559]

Your very kind

[@TheAmanwalia]

Namaskar 🙏 please visit again in india 🇮🇳

[@pal-a]

You visited temples and Mosques in India. Did you get chance to visit temples in Pakistan

[@_timespace_]

Lol hidden hate

[@mobidik9397]

This old man on the bridge love your beard 😍

[@alauddinhossain8120]

Love from franch .good video br.......