Ghizer Tehsil

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Ghizer Tehsil
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Province Flag of Gilgit-Baltistan.png  Gilgit-Baltistan
District Ghizer
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Ghizer Tehsil is a tehsil, an administrative division of Ghizer District, [1] an extreme western part of the Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan.

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References

  1. "Ghizer valley". visitorsheaven.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-01-24.