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Business on the name of magic, Special focus on Ghizer valley Gilgit Baltistan

 Nothing is more dangerous than ignorance, the quote I mostly list and read but I came to know it's true meaning when I saw its impact around me. Few days ago, I visited my relatives where some of the women were talking about something.I felt that they were talking about highly confidential thing. The discussion did not stop there, a few minutes later they again started the topic.the topic was about magical power.The most common issue in Gilgit Baltistan, mainly in Ghizer district where some of men/ women calim to be a faries friend. Moreover they say that they know peoples' future and they have the power to solve the  problems of people.It's nothing just a small business, where naive people invest.  However,  Those whose claim of having magical power are poor people, who lack skills or employment to meet their needs so that's why only to meet their economic need use such  dogmas. Visitors have to pay them  some money, gifts, what they demand for, sometime what they hav