The CPEC is expected to have significant socio-cultural and demographic effects on the local community of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Abstract It is expected that the CPEC will transmute the whole society of Pakistan particularly the society of Gilgit-Baltistan as Gilgit-Baltistan is the entranceway of CPEC to Pakistan. All the road networks, communication systems such as fibre optics, as well as gas and oil pipelines, must travel through this area. Aiming at finding the expected socio-cultural and demographic impacts of CPEC on local community of Gilgit-Baltistan. The data from 150 respondents from the local community residing at Gilgit-Baltistan were used for data analysis. Initially the frequency and percentage distribution were checked and then the hypotheses were tested using Chi-square test with SPSS version21. The findings of this research verify that the family and religious institution will have a significant impact of CPEC. CPEC will also bring linguistic and life style changes in Gilgit-Baltistan. It is expected that the CPEC will lead to migration of rural population towards urban areas.