My Valley

My Valley — Jijal, Lower Kohistan

My home: Jijal and Dhup Valley in Lower Kohistan — its mountains, river, villages and people.

My home

My Valley — Jijal, Lower Kohistan

Jijal lies in Lower Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, along the mighty Indus River where the Karakoram Highway winds between towering mountains. Green terraced fields, walnut and pine trees, stone villages and warm, hospitable people — this is home.

A turquoise river winding through green and golden terraced fields beneath snow-capped Himalayan peaks — The Indus valley — river, terraced fields and snow peaks, the landscape of Kohistan.

Scenery

Green Mountains

In summer the slopes around Jijal turn deep green — grass, pine and walnut trees climbing from the river up to the high pastures where families graze their animals.

River

The Indus River

The great Indus flows through Kohistan in a deep gorge — turquoise in summer, powerful after rain. The Karakoram Highway follows its banks, linking our valley to Gilgit-Baltistan and China.

Village Life

Terraced Fields & Villages

Families farm small terraced fields of maize, wheat and vegetables, cut by hand into the mountainside. Life is simple, hard-working and deeply connected to the land and the seasons.

Gallery

Tap any photo to view it large. Scenery of the northern mountain valleys of Pakistan — the world my daily scenic Shorts celebrate.

Mountain village with green terraced fields beneath snow-capped peaks — Terraced fields & village

River winding through green and golden fields beneath snow-capped mountains — River & snow peaks

Patchwork of golden and green fields in a wide mountain valley — Valley fields

Terraced village on a steep rocky mountainside above a stream — Mountainside village

My Valley

Dhup Valley — My Home Town

Dhup is the small mountain village I proudly call home — a handful of houses resting on a green shoulder of the mountains in Jijal, Lower Kohistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

This corner of Kohistan is a painter's palette that changes with every season — the colours of nature in their purest form. In spring the hills turn a hundred shades of green. In the monsoon, white clouds fill the valley below our homes like a sea, and the mist hides and reveals the peaks by the hour. Autumn gilds the slopes, and winter dresses everything in silent white — pine forests, fields and our own rooftops alike. These photographs, taken in and around my home village between 2024 and 2026, are my attempt to share that beauty with you: the same views that greet me every morning, and the mountains behind every video on my channels.

A sea of clouds — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **A sea of clouds.** White clouds pour into the valley like a slow river, while our little village rests above them on its green shoulder (April 2026).

Living above the clouds — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **Living above the clouds.** On such mornings Dhup floats between earth and sky — blue-grey peaks behind, a white ocean below (April 2026).

Winter white — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **Winter white.** Snow dusts the pine forest and the hilltop tower, turning the whole valley silver-white under a pale winter sun (January 2026).

Snow-capped guardians — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **Snow-capped guardians.** The great ranges around Dhup in their winter dress — every ridge outlined in fresh snow (January 2026).

Snow on the rooftops — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **Snow on the rooftops.** A quiet morning after snowfall: white roofs, white forests, and mountains as far as the eye can see (January 2026).

The flag in the mist — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **The flag in the mist.** 14 August — Pakistan's flag flies over our home as monsoon mist wraps the valley in soft grey-green (August 2025).

Monsoon mist — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **Monsoon mist.** In the rains, Dhup disappears into the clouds for hours at a time — and the green of the trees glows brighter than ever (August 2025).

After the rain — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **After the rain.** Fresh-washed greens, low clouds drifting through the gorge, and the village waking under a dramatic spring sky (April 2024).

The green hill of Dhup — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **The green hill of Dhup.** Our hill in full spring dress — deep forest green crowned by the tower that connects our remote valley to the world (April 2024).

Spring panorama — Dhup Valley, Jijal — **Spring panorama.** Layer upon layer of green and blue ridges — the timeless view from home that never looks the same twice (April 2024).

🌈 Four seasons, four palettes: spring green, monsoon white-and-grey, autumn gold and winter silver — Dhup wears them all. More photographs of my home town will be added here.

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