page_title: Balawaristan
section_title: Political status movements
hierarchical_section_title: Balawaristan / Political status movements
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of Balawaristan, with its three constituent regions (Brooshal, Dardistan and Baltistan), as well as the region of Siachen Glacier (currently administered by India).
context_page_description: Balawaristan is the historical name of Gilgit-Baltistan that has regained some prevalence in recent years through political movements in Pakistan. The archaic English spelling for the name was Boloristan or Baloristan, and its first known documented usage is in Chinese sources from the 8th century AD. Balawaristan includes Chitral, Gilgit, Skardu, Hunza, Nagar, Ishkoman, Punial and Yasin. In addition, the regions of Baltistan, Ladakh are also considered to be a part of Balawaristan by the nationalist parties of Gilgit.
context_section_description: In more recent times, the name Balawaristan is found used by minor political party like Balawaristan National Front led by Nawaz Khan Naji. The party is seeking to declare Gilgit-Baltistan a province of Pakistan. It also wants to give the people of Gilgit Baltistan representation in the Pakistani National Assembly and Senate, and to extend the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to the region. 
  Some Balawar groups, such as the Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement, have limited their demands to total autonomy and a respect for their distinctiveness.
  The Balawaristan National Students Organisation, in April 2008, raised a demand for Balawaristan to be constituted into the fifth province of Pakistan (the other four are Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
  However, Balawaristan National Front-Hameed Group (BNF-H) led by Abdul Hamid Khan had demanded independence of Balwaristan region from Pakistan. BNF-H led by Abdul Hamid Khan was the only group in Pakistan who was seeking independence of Balawaristan region. However, Abdul Hamid Khan had unconditionally surrender to Pakistan security officials on 8 February 2019. Since Abdul Hamid Khan surrender, no group or individual has asked for independence of Balwaristan region. The fate of Balawaristan National Front (Hameed group) is also unknown.
caption: A map of Balawaristan, and its three regions
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