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a b Bertil Lintner (25 January 2018). China's India War: Collision Course on the Roof of the World. OUP India. p.85. ISBN 978-0-19-909163-8. The name Aksai Chin means 'the desert of white stones' a b Inter-Services Public Relations (1991), Defence and Media 1991, Inter Services Public Relations, Pakistan, p.126 : "Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Abdul Haq Mirza has the honour of designing the flag of Azad Kashmir and formation signs of Azad Kashmir Regular Forces." The meaning of the word "Chin" has been disputed. [15] It is taken to mean "China" by some Chinese, [3] [11] [17] Western, [5] [9] and Indian sources. [16] At least one source takes it to mean "pass". [14] Other sources omit "Chin" in their interpretations. [6] [7] [8] [10] [12] [13] Van Driem states that there is no Uyghur word resembling "chin" for China. [4]

With Friends Like These... (Report). Vol.18. Human Rights Watch. September 2006. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013 . Retrieved November 24, 2013. Rahman 1996, p.226; Rahman 2002, pp.449–50. The discussion in both cases is in the broader context of Pakistan. Our Institutions". Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013 . Retrieved November 19, 2013.The migration to the UK was accelerated and by the completion of Mangla Dam in 1967 the process of ' chain migration' became in full flow. Today, remittances from British Mirpuri community make a critical role in AJK's economy. In the mid-1950s various economic and social development processes were launched in Azad Kashmir. In the 1960s, with the construction of the Mangla Dam in Mirpur District, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government began to receive royalties from the Pakistani government for the electricity that the dam provided to Pakistan. During the mid-2000s, a multibillion-dollar reconstruction began in the aftermath of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. [84] b) Pletcher, Kenneth, Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia, Encyclopaedia Britannica , retrieved 16 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";

a b Government of Punjab (1862). Report on the Trade and Resources of the Countries on the North-western Boundary of British India. Lahore: Government Press. pp.xxii. c. the "Aksai Chin," or as the term implies the great Chinese white desert or plain. Awans – A clan with significant numbers in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, living mainly in the Bagh, Poonch, Hattian Bala, and Muzaffarabad. Awans also reside in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in large numbers. [62] [63] [64]Rising northeast of the vale is the western part of the Great Himalayas, the peaks of which reach elevations of 20,000 feet (6,100 metres) or higher. Farther to the northeast is the high, mountainous plateau region of Ladakh, which is cut by the rugged valley of the northwestward-flowing Indus River. Extending roughly northwestward from the Himalayas are the lofty peaks of the Karakoram Range, including K2 (Mount Godwin Austen), which at 28,251 feet (8,611 metres) is the second highest peak in the world, after Mount Everest. In the central and northern parts of the state, the weather remains moderately hot in the summer and cold and chilly in the winter. Snowfall also occurs there in December and January. [ citation needed]