Origin: China/Central Asia  

Location: Central Hunza, Upper Hunza, GB

Make: Black Mulberry Wood/Timber

Cost: 15,000 – 20,000PKR

Craftsmen: Shafqat Karim

Famous Ghizhek Players: Rehmatullah Baig

Number of ghizhek players in Pakistan: 10-15

Ghizhek is a four-stringed instrument, played with a bow that can be found in Hunza, in Gilgit Balltistan. The proper Ghizhek is a Pamiri instrument, of Central Asian origins and is played in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and the adjoining regions of Kashgar in China.