[snip] Within Islam, the major religion in Pakistan, there are different factions: Shia, Sunni, Ismaili. Baltistan practices predominantly Nurbakhshi Shiism and Sufism, the latter being the majority among the Balti people of the eastern region, where the Hushe Valley is located. [/snip]
https://www.baltistan.eus/en/news/articles/the-nurbakhshi-religion-in-baltistan