196 | Will Gilgit Baltistan Become Pakistan’s 5th Province? Ft. Yasir Abbas

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In conversation with tonight’s guest, Yasir Abbas. What was his journey like? How did he get to know of Bahria University while in Gilgit? How did he deal with the cultural difference? How did the third semester change his life? Where did he do his first internship? Where did he start working after graduation? What is the youth parliament? Was he working anywhere along with the youth parliament? When did he join the ministry of planning and what was it like? What was it like to go from Islamabad to the UK? What happened when he came back to Pakistan in 2020? What is it like being the Coordinator of Gilgit Pakistan? Is Gilgit Baltistan a province now? Do flights disrupt because of the weather or the airport infrastructure? Beyond tourism how does he see the economy of the region? Will the region be open throughout the year in the future? Why don’t they have proper access to the internet? How does he envision the Pakistan of 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight’s episode.

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