Climate change was once an academic research topic almost two decades ago at world Universities and among researchers. Developing countries didn’t take it seriously and presently are the most affected ones. Initially, as the developing countries were little contributors of greenhouse gases (gases emitted, are trapped, heat the atmosphere, for example, carbon dioxide), they thought it would only affect the developed world, not them. To their alarm, now they are the most affected in the form of unpredictable seasons, flash floods, unseasonal floods and rise in climate temperature. Still, the policy makers and implementers are not serious about tackling this looming monster of climate change and spending time attending Climate change seminars and conferences. Particularly, the mountainous region of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa and the whole of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) are on the verge of a geographical disaster due to the negative effects of climate change. The Hindukush, Pamirs, Karakoram, Himalayas, along with Mount K2, Gasherbrum, Broad Peak, Rakaposhi, and Mashabrum, are prominent features that house world glaciers. So Gilgit Baltistan is defined by frozen glaciers with timely snowfall and a melting pattern. Millions of inhabitants depend on this natural surface for drinking water and limited irrigation purposes.

Gilgit Baltistan is in the spotlight because almost all of the glacier’s melted water flows in the shape........

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