India lodges 'strong protest' with Islamabad over Pakistan SC's ruling allowing polls in Gilgit-Baltistan
4 years, 8 months ago

India lodges 'strong protest' with Islamabad over Pakistan SC's ruling allowing polls in Gilgit-Baltistan

Firstpost  

The Ministry of External Affairs said a demarche was issued to a senior Pakistani diplomat clearly conveying that the entire union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of India. The Ministry of External Affairs said a demarche was issued to a senior Pakistani diplomat lodging a strong protest over the court ruling and clearly conveying that the entire union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of India. It said India protested Islamabad’s efforts to “bring material change in Pakistan occupied territories” and asked it to vacate them. “India completely rejects such actions and continued attempts to bring material changes in Pakistan occupied areas of the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir,” the MEA said.

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Pakistan-administered Kashmir repeals protest restrictions after strike
1 month, 1 week ago

Pakistan-administered Kashmir repeals protest restrictions after strike

Al Jazeera  

The climbdown in the geopolitically sensitive region comes amid growing anger against the administration. Islamabad, Pakistan – After a four-day wheel-jam strike and the shutdown of markets and civic activities, the government of Pakistan-administered Kashmir has announced the withdrawal of a presidential ordinance that restricted “unregistered organisations” from holding protests without permission. Shaukat Nawaz Mir, a core member of the …

‘We have no seat in Pakistani parliament’: Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, former Chief Justice of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We have no seat in Pakistani parliament’: Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, former Chief Justice of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

The Hindu  

Published : May 27, 2024 18:50 IST - 5 MINS READ The life story of Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, who was born and brought up in Karnah, in the border region of Jammu and Kashmir, reads like a perfect Bollywood masala film. In my opinion, whatever the Pakistani government does here in practice should be governed by specific constitutional …

Pakistan has no locus standi in PoK: Rajnath Singh
1 year, 6 months ago

Pakistan has no locus standi in PoK: Rajnath Singh

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that Pakistan has no legal standing or authority in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as it has illegally occupied the area. He outlined four key principles guiding the government’s approach to national security, including addressing security and sovereignty threats, protecting national interests, creating conducive conditions for progress and the well-being of citizens, and building …

Anger, dissent growing in Gilgit Baltistan over continuous indifference of political leadership
1 year, 10 months ago

Anger, dissent growing in Gilgit Baltistan over continuous indifference of political leadership

Firstpost  

The erratic power supply has caused unemployment and despair among the people, resulting in waves of thefts and violence. The demands presented by the Gilgit-Baltistan Awami Action include power crisis, food shortage, land grabbing and various other issues that the people in the region have been facing for a long time. Long queues for wheat flour could be seen in …

Former PoK CM slams Pakistan, demands greater rights for Gilgit Baltistan
2 years ago

Former PoK CM slams Pakistan, demands greater rights for Gilgit Baltistan

Firstpost  

Gilgit Baltistan has seen intense protests by local villagers in recent days after the Pakistan Army and various paramilitary forces tried to forcibly take over their land. Muzzafarabad: Slamming the Pakistan administration for its policies against Gilgit Baltistan, former PoK PM Raja Farooq Haider urged an end to the land grabbing by the security forces in the Himalayan region. The …

Imran Khan says unhappy with Pak SC order, calls for Sunday protests
2 years, 9 months ago

Imran Khan says unhappy with Pak SC order, calls for Sunday protests

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he was disappointed with the Supreme Court's ruling even though he accepted it. A day ago, the Supreme Court set aside in a unanimous verdict the ruling of the National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri in which he had dismissed the no-trust motion against the premier. Khan said he would never support an imported …

Pakistan authorities finalise law to award provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan: Report
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan authorities finalise law to award provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan: Report

Firstpost  

India, however, maintains that the Government of Pakistan or its judiciary has no locus standi on territories ‘illegally and forcibly’ occupied by it Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have finalised a law to award provisional provincial status to strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan, a media report said on Sunday. Dawn newspaper reported that under the proposed law by the Ministry of Law and Justice, …

Pakistan finalise law to award provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan: Report
3 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan finalise law to award provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan: Report

India Today  

Pakistani authorities have finalised a law to award provisional provincial status to strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan, a media report said on Sunday. Dawn newspaper reported that under the proposed law by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan may be abolished and the region's election commission is likely to be merged with the Election Commission of …

Pakistan will oppose any move by India to 'divide Kashmir' and change its demography, says Shah Mahmood Qureshi
3 years, 6 months ago

Pakistan will oppose any move by India to 'divide Kashmir' and change its demography, says Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Firstpost  

Pakistan’s statement came on a day the Centre invited 14 political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir to participate in a meeting to be chaired by Narendra Modi on 24 June Islamabad: Pakistan said on Saturday that it would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Minister …

Pakistan would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir, change demography, says Qureshi
3 years, 6 months ago

Pakistan would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir, change demography, says Qureshi

India Today  

Pakistan said on Saturday that it would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography. Pakistan's Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has stated that India must refrain from taking any further illegal steps in Kashmir after its actions of August 5, 2019. The Pakistani statement came on a day …

Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly passes resolution for interim provinicial status for region
3 years, 10 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly passes resolution for interim provinicial status for region

India Today  

Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding interim provincial status for the region. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf -led government has demanded from the federal government that Gilgit-Baltistan should be allocated seats in the National Assembly, Senate and representation in federal institutions. According to reports, the Chief Minister was joined in tabling the resolution by Opposition …

India Slams Pak, Says Polls in Gilgit Baltistan Aimed at Hiding Illegal Occupation of Territory
4 years, 1 month ago

India Slams Pak, Says Polls in Gilgit Baltistan Aimed at Hiding Illegal Occupation of Territory

News 18  

India on Thursday slammed Pakistan for holding elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, saying it was aimed at hiding Pakistan's illegal occupation of its territory. The International Court of Justice had pronounced judgment on Kulbhushan Jadhav in July 2019, but Pakistan has not made available to us all documents related to the case till now," Srivastava said. The Hague-based ICJ ruled in July …

Pakistani PM angers India with plan to change Kashmir status
4 years, 2 months ago

Pakistani PM angers India with plan to change Kashmir status

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister has rekindled controversy with archrival India this week by pledging to make part of the Pakistani-administered Himalayan region of Kashmir officially part his country. Imran Khan’s pledge to declare the area of Gilgit-Baltistan — which is part of the Pakistani-ruled Kashmir — the fifth province of Pakistan promptly angered neighboring India, which itself last year …

Gilgit-Baltistan a part of India, says MEA
4 years, 2 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan a part of India, says MEA

The Hindu  

India on Sunday slammed Pakistan for its attempt to accord provincial status to the “so-called Gilgit-Baltistan”, saying it is intended to camouflage the “illegal” occupation of the region by Islamabad. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India “firmly rejects” the attempt by Pakistan to bring material changes to a part of Indian territory which is under Islamabad’s “illegal …

Provincial status for Gilgit-Baltistan intended to camouflage illegal occupation by Pakistan, says MEA
4 years, 2 months ago

Provincial status for Gilgit-Baltistan intended to camouflage illegal occupation by Pakistan, says MEA

Firstpost  

MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said Islamabad has no locus standi on territories “illegally and forcibly” occupied by it and and asked the neighbouring country to immediately vacate such areas New Delhi: India on Sunday slammed Pakistan for its attempt to accord provincial status to the “so-called Gilgit-Baltistan, saying it is intended to camouflage the “illegal” occupation of the region by …

Gilgit-Baltistan election: India protests Pak’s move, calls it cosmetic exercise
4 years, 3 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan election: India protests Pak’s move, calls it cosmetic exercise

Live Mint  

India on Tuesday said Pakistan’s attempts to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan next month were a “cosmetic” exercise “intended to camouflage its illegal occupation” of the region. The Indian foreign ministry in a statement said actions like holding of elections in the region can neither hide the "illegal occupation" of parts of Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh by …

India strongly objects to elections in ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’
4 years, 3 months ago

India strongly objects to elections in ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’

Live Mint  

The Ministry of External Affairs has stated that they have seen reports regarding elections to the so-called "Gilgit-Baltistan" Assembly to be held on November 15, 2020 and took strong objection to it. "The Government of India conveyed strong protest to Pakistan Government and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the so-called Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part …

India opposes Pakistan's move to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, calls it 'cosmetic camouflage'
4 years, 3 months ago

India opposes Pakistan's move to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, calls it 'cosmetic camouflage'

India Today  

India on Tuesday protested the announcement of elections in Gilgit-Baltistan to be held in November by Pakistan. India reiterated its position that Pakistan has no “locus standi” to conduct elections in “forcibly” occupied territories. Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday in a statement said, “We have seen reports regarding announcement of elections to the so-called Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly to be …

Gilgit-Baltistan polls have no legal basis, says India
4 years, 3 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan polls have no legal basis, says India

The Hindu  

India on Thursday said Pakistan’s proposed election in Gilgit-Baltistan had no legal ground. The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Anurag Srivastava, said India considered the entire region of Jammu and Kashmir to be its integral part. “Any action by Pakistan to alter the status of the militarily occupied so-called ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’ has no legal basis whatsoever and is …

Pak to make Gilgit Baltistan its 5th province despite India’s protests
4 years, 3 months ago

Pak to make Gilgit Baltistan its 5th province despite India’s protests

Hindustan Times  

Disregarding India’s strong protests, Pakistan is moving ahead with plans to make Gilgit Baltistan its fifth province, with a federal minister saying that elections in the region that New Delhi opposes will be held in November. “After consultation with all stakeholders, the federal government has decided in principle to give constitutional rights to Gilgit-Baltistan,” the minister said, adding, “Our government …

Pakistan lodges protest with India over Bengaluru riots
4 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan lodges protest with India over Bengaluru riots

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Seeking to fish in troubled waters, Pakistan on Wednesday lodged a "strong protest" with India through the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on the riots on Tuesday night in Karnataka’s Capital Bengaluru over a controversial social media post. Islamabad called on the Indian Government “to investigate the incident and take immediate action against the perpetrators of religious hatred” …

India rejects Pakistan\'s new political map
4 years, 5 months ago

India rejects Pakistan\'s new political map

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Hours after Pakistan unveiled a new political map that laid claim to Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh union territories as well as parts of the Indian state of Gujarat, India rejected it and termed it “an exercise in political absurdity”, adding that these “ridiculous assertions have neither legal validity nor international credibility”. Recently, India’s Himalayan …

India questions Pakistan over holding polls in Gilgit Baltistan
4 years, 8 months ago

India questions Pakistan over holding polls in Gilgit Baltistan

Hindustan Times  

India on Monday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over a move to conduct elections in Gilgit Baltistan, with New Delhi saying the region is an integral part of the country that had been “illegally and forcibly occupied”. A senior Pakistani diplomat was served a “demarche” or formal diplomatic representation over telephone to lodge India’s strong protest against the Pakistan …

India lodges protest against Pak plan for Gilgit-Baltistan polls
4 years, 8 months ago

India lodges protest against Pak plan for Gilgit-Baltistan polls

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India on Monday issued a demarche to Pakistan and lodged a strong protest against a recent order of the Pakistani Supreme Court that reportedly allowed the amendment to the so-called Order of 2018 of the Pakistani government to now conduct general elections in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan. In a statement, the ministry of external affairs said, “India demarched …

India lodges protest with Islamabad over Pak court's order on Gilgit-Baltistan
4 years, 8 months ago

India lodges protest with Islamabad over Pak court's order on Gilgit-Baltistan

India Today  

India has conveyed its strong protest to Pakistan over an order by that country's supreme court allowing the conduct of general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. The Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistan was told that entire Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of India and that Islamabad should immediately vacate the areas …

India lodges protest with Islamabad over Pakistan court's order on Gilgit-Baltistan
4 years, 8 months ago

India lodges protest with Islamabad over Pakistan court's order on Gilgit-Baltistan

India Today  

India has conveyed its strong protest to Pakistan over an order by that country's supreme court allowing the conduct of general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. The Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistan was told that entire Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of India and that Islamabad should immediately vacate the areas …

Pakistan has illegally occupied Gilgit, Baltistan: Activist at UNHRC
4 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan has illegally occupied Gilgit, Baltistan: Activist at UNHRC

Op India  

Speaking at an event titled ‘Jammu and Kashmir: Shifting facts from the fiction’ held at Geneva Press Club on the sidelines of the ongoing 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, President of Gilgit Baltistan Studies Senge Sering asserted that, “Pakistan is an occupier, Pakistan wants to prolong the occupation. @SengeHSering pic.twitter.com/6s24f0uZuj — Sabah Kashmiri March …

Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir, says Rajnath Singh during DRDO's Kisan-Jawan Vigyan Mela in Ladakh
5 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir, says Rajnath Singh during DRDO's Kisan-Jawan Vigyan Mela in Ladakh

Firstpost  

‘Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir and no country is backing it on the ‘current issue’, Rajnath Singh said amid Islamabad’s efforts to internationalise the Centre’s move to abrogate provisions of Article 370. Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir and no country is backing it on the “current issue”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday amid Islamabad’s …

PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan are also part of India: Rajnath Singh
5 years, 4 months ago

PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan are also part of India: Rajnath Singh

India TV News  

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir and they should try keep a check on their home grown terror. Kashmir was always part of India.” Amid Islamabad's efforts to internationalise the Centre's move to abrogate provisions of Article 370, singh said that the contested areas of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan were …

Security in Kashmir tightened following call for march
5 years, 4 months ago

Security in Kashmir tightened following call for march

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Authorities intensified patrols Friday in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city after posters appeared calling for a public march to a United Nations office to protest New Delhi’s tightened grip on the disputed region. On Aug. 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government revoked Muslim-majority Kashmir’s decades-old special status guaranteed under Article 370 of India’s Constitution and sent …

Pakistan spurred need for India to abolish Article 370: New Delhi reframed terms of territorial dispute that mirrors those set by Islamabad
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan spurred need for India to abolish Article 370: New Delhi reframed terms of territorial dispute that mirrors those set by Islamabad

Firstpost  

By seeking to incorporate Gilgit-Baltistan as a province, Pakistan has been unilaterally reducing the size of the landmass of Jammu and Kashmir that it is prepared to accept as ‘disputed’. The currently ongoing backdoor effort by Islamabad to incorporate Gilgit-Baltistan is a continuation of this process: China has asked Pakistan to clarify the region’s status by declaring it as a …

India’s changes in Kashmir create long-term uncertainty
5 years, 5 months ago

India’s changes in Kashmir create long-term uncertainty

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s Parliament has approved the Hindu nationalist-led government’s decision to revoke the special constitutional status of Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir, thrusting the disputed region wracked by insurgency into long-term uncertainty. In lieu of a state legislature, for the past year Jammu and Kashmir has been ruled by a governor appointed by New Delhi so Modi’s government said …

Pakistan must refrain from any retaliatory action against India: US lawmakers
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan must refrain from any retaliatory action against India: US lawmakers

Live Mint  

Washington: Two powerful Democratic lawmakers have urged Pakistan to refrain from any "retaliatory aggression" against India and take "demonstrable action" against terrorist groups within its territory. Pakistan on Wednesday expelled Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and downgraded diplomatic ties with India over what it called New Delhi's "unilateral and illegal" move to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. …

Pakistan Army stands by Kashmiris: Bajwa
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan Army stands by Kashmiris: Bajwa

The Hindu  

Pakistan’s military “firmly stands” by Kashmiris, the powerful Army chief said on Tuesday, a day after India stripped the disputed region of its special autonomy in a move set to deepen animosity between the nuclear arch-rivals. The Army's top commanders met in the garrison city of Rawalpindi to discuss the move by India, which is also set to exacerbate the …

Pakistan SC Decision: Another Wake Up Call For New Delhi
5 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan SC Decision: Another Wake Up Call For New Delhi

Live Law  

The 2019 decision of seven Judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court in Civil Aviation Authority v Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan purportedly on the "historical and constitutional issue involving the status, authority and powers of Gilgit-Baltistan" is yet another instance of how Pakistan chooses to distort the Kashmir narrative for political expediency. The Court listed the repeated declarations by New Delhi …

India lodges protest with Pakistan over 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir Constitution Act'
6 years, 7 months ago

India lodges protest with Pakistan over 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir Constitution Act'

India TV News  

India on Monday said it has lodged a "strong protest" with Pakistan against the "Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act 2018" and asked the neighbouring country to vacate all areas it illegally occupies in Kashmir. "The government of India has conveyed a strong protest through diplomatic channel today against the so-called 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act 2018'," …

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