Nagar is bordered by the Gilgit Agency to the southwest , China to the north and northeast and Afghanistan to the northwest .
After the change in Pakistani Central Government to a democracy on 25 September 1974 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto dissolved the Princely States of Nagar as well as Hunza and set the prisoners free and gave democratic representation to the Northern Areas Council , now the Northern Areas Legislative Council The state is bordered by the Gilgit Agency to the southwest , China to the north and northeast and Afghanistan to the northwest .