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Pakistani Kashmir ( Claimed by Pakistan  comprises three regions - Azad Kashmir,Gilgit and Baltistan.

Northern areas
Northern Areas, Also Known as Gilgit-Baltistan is Administrated by Pakistan since 1948. Geographically Northern Areas is The North part of Jammu & Kashmir region.

Shaksgam valley
Pakistan unilaterally arbitrarily transferred parts of the State of Jammu and Kashmir without their peoples' consent to China as a goodwill gesture to China.It ceded nearly 5180 km2 of the Northern Territories to it.

That's because no sightings of humans actually reside there.

China-Aksai Chin
Pak kashmir does not include the territories of former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that is presently under Chinese control, Aksai Chin.

Jammu and Kashmir
The areas of former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that is presently under Indian control is called as the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is further subdivided into Jammu plains region, Kashmir valley region and Ladakh plateau region

Background
After the United Kingdom agreed to grant undivided India independence, British India was to be partitioned into two nation-states&mdash;a Muslim-majority nation of Pakistan, and a Hindu-majority India. Kingdoms that were not part of British India were given the option of joining either nation, or choosing to remain independent. Kashmir was one such princely state, it had a Muslim-majority population, but was ruled by a Hindu monarch. Strategically located in northern South Asia, both nations were eager to secure the kingdom. Soon after independence in 1947, pro-Pakistan tribal chieftains began to invade the western and northern portion of Kashmir. With the militia reaching the outskirts of the capital Srinagar, the Maharaja, Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession formally approving his nation's merger with India. The legality of the Instrument of Accession was staunchly contested by Pakistan. After going to war in 1947, the two nations brokered a United Nations-sponsored ceasefire in 1948 under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 47. The ceasefire effectively froze the Indian and Pakistani-held positions.

The areas under the control of Pakistan included the Gilgit Agency, the Baltistan District of the Ladakh Wazarat, and the states of Hunza and Nagar, which were to later coalesced form the Northern Areas in 1970. Also included in the Pakistan-held region was Azad Kashmir or Free Kashmir, the territory established by the pro-Pakistan chieftains in 1947. The territories under the control of India included Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. The three areas were then integrated as the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistani position
The Pakistani government maintains that the issue of Kashmir needs to be resolved according to the "aspirations of the Kashmiri people", and through dialogue as per the United Nations Resolution 47. The government of Pakistan has stated that they will provide its moral, political and diplomatic support to the people of state of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan also refers to the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir as Indian-occupied Kashmir and Indian-held Kashmir.

Indian position
The Indian government considers Kashmir to be an integral part of India.

Political status
, Pakistan-administered Kashmir consists of two political units, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit Baltistan. AJK is constitutionally, an autonomous state with its elected president, prime minister, legislature, high court, and official flag. The Northern areas is governed by the Federal Government of Pakistan.

In addition to the above entities, India considers the Trans-Karakoram Tract, or Shaksgam Valley, a region to the north of Kashmir that Pakistan ceded to the People's Republic of China, as a part of part of the Northern Areas. India does not recognise the transfer.

An additional area, the uninhabited Siachen Glacier is also claimed by the two countries. The 1949 Karachi Agreement and the 1972 Simla Agreement did not clearly mention who controlled the glacier, merely stating that from point NJ9842, or the northern end of the Line of Control, the boundary would proceed "thence north to the glaciers." In 1984, the two nations were involved in a skirmish to claim the glacier. (See also: Siachen Conflict)