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Sun through clouds in the mountains. Galyat (Urdu: گلیات) region, or hill tract, (also written Galliat and Galiyat) [1] is a narrow strip or area roughly 50 km (31 mi)–80 km (50 mi) north-east of Islamabad, Pakistan, extending on both sides of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Punjab border, between Abbottabad and Murree. [2]
Linguistic distance is the measure of how different one language (or dialect) is from another. [1] [2] Although they lack a uniform approach to quantifying linguistic distance between languages, linguists apply the concept to a variety of linguistic contexts, such as second-language acquisition, historical linguistics, language-based conflicts, and the effects of language differences on trade.
The distance between two points in physical space is the length of a straight line between them, which is the shortest possible path. This is the usual meaning of distance in classical physics, including Newtonian mechanics. Straight-line distance is formalized mathematically as the Euclidean distance in two-and three-dimensional space.
Mankera (Saraiki and Urdu: منكيره) is the principal town of Mankera Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Bhakkar District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [2] It is situated about 320 km (200 mi) west of the city of Lahore. Bhakkar is located in the west of Punjab.
A number of locations around the world have been named after the Khyber Pass: A steep and twisting minor road in Mugdock Country Park near Glasgow, Scotland. The road is a landmark along the West Highland Way and is popular among local road cyclists. [15] A suburb of Civil Lines, Delhi, India. [16] [17] [18]
The name "Skardu" is believed to be derived from the Balti word meaning "a lowland between two high places." [5] The two referenced "high places" are Shigar city, and the high-altitude Satpara Lake [5] Local people might tend to write the name as སྐར་དོ་ according to how they pronounce it. But the meaning of which, as stated above ...
The meaning of the word is "Fort of Muzaffar" because the "historic district" lies within the walls of a fort built by the governor. In 1864, it became the capital of the Muzaffargarh District. [6] The place was also referred to as Kala Pani (Black Water), as it is located between two rivers: the Indus and the Chenab. It was linked to the ...
The M-2 Motorway or the Lahore–Islamabad Motorway (Urdu: لاہور-اسلام آباد موٹروے) is a north–south motorway in Pakistan, connecting Rawalpindi/Islamabad to Lahore, and is the first motorway to have been built in South Asia. [1]