Tormik is a valley in the Karakorum mountain ranges in the Skardu District of

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute bet ...

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. The valley has its source at the Stak-la and Basha valley lies to its east and

Stak Valley Stak Valley ( ur, , bft, སྟཀ ནལ་, script=Tibt) is a valley in the Roundu Subdivision of District Skardu, in the Gilgit-Balitistan territory of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The valley is on the right bank of the Indus River, betw ...

to its west. The valley is the second largest valley in term of population and area, Stak Valley being the first, in the Roundu Subdivision. The valley is well-known for a beautiful and high-altitude area called Broq, which is called by the local people in Balti. Broq has green fields, clear streams, springs, and forests with various types of plants. In Broq, there’s a special place for playing

Polo Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ...

, a traditional regional game. During the summer, people from different parts of Roundu come together in Broq to play Polo.

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Populated places in Skardu District Valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan {{GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub