GILGIT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 08: A view from above at the formerly known as the Northern Area and once part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the region at the confluence of world’s greatest mountain ranges – the Karakoram, the Himalaya, the Hindukush, and the Pamir – witnessing a brain drain, as people return to invest in the region on August 08, 2020 in Gilgit, Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transforming the remote but spectacular Gilgit-Baltistan or the GB region of Pakistan. ( Islam Uddin - Anadolu Agency )

A view of a stream at the formerly known as the Northern Area and once part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the region at the confluence of world’s greatest mountain ranges – the Karakoram, the Himalaya, the Hindukush, and the Pamir – witnessing a brain drain, as people return to invest in the region on August 08, 2020 in Gilgit, Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transforming the remote but spectacular Gilgit-Baltistan or the GB region of Pakistan.

GILGIT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 19: Political and civil leaders in Pakistan's northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) are clamoring for the area to become the country's fifth province following the controversial move by India last year to scrap the autonomous status of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. ( Islamuddin Sajid - Anadolu Agency )

GILGIT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 08: A view of a market area at the formerly known as the Northern Area and once part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the region at the confluence of world’s greatest mountain ranges – the Karakoram, the Himalaya, the Hindukush, and the Pamir – witnessing a brain drain, as people return to invest in the region on August 08, 2020 in Gilgit, Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transforming the remote but spectacular Gilgit-Baltistan or the GB region of Pakistan. ( Islam Uddin - Anadolu Agency )

GILGIT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 08: A view from the store of Hassan Nasar 46, who returned from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and established business of precious and semi-precious stones business in Gilgit, the provincial capital of GB on August 08, 2020 in Gilgit, Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transforming the remote but spectacular Gilgit-Baltistan or the GB region of Pakistan. ( Islam Uddin - Anadolu Agency )

GILGIT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 08: Children cook at a buffet on August 08, 2020 in Gilgit, Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transforming the remote but spectacular Gilgit-Baltistan or the GB region of Pakistan. ( Islam Uddin - Anadolu Agency )

GILGIT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 08: A view from the store of Hassan Nasar 46, who returned from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and established business of precious and semi-precious stones business in Gilgit, the provincial capital of GB on August 08, 2020 in Gilgit, Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transforming the remote but spectacular Gilgit-Baltistan or the GB region of Pakistan. ( Islam Uddin - Anadolu Agency )

GILGIT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 08: Children are seen at the formerly known as the Northern Area and once part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the region at the confluence of world’s greatest mountain ranges – the Karakoram, the Himalaya, the Hindukush, and the Pamir – witnessing a brain drain, as people return to invest in the region on August 08, 2020 in Gilgit, Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transforming the remote but spectacular Gilgit-Baltistan or the GB region of Pakistan. ( Islam Uddin - Anadolu Agency )

GILGIT, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 08: A view of a valley at the formerly known as the Northern Area and once part of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the region at the confluence of world’s greatest mountain ranges – the Karakoram, the Himalaya, the Hindukush, and the Pamir – witnessing a brain drain, as people return to invest in the region on August 08, 2020 in Gilgit, Pakistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is transforming the remote but spectacular Gilgit-Baltistan or the GB region of Pakistan. ( Islam Uddin - Anadolu Agency )