Anti-Pak protests intensify in PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India
2 years ago

Anti-Pak protests intensify in PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India

India Today  

Amidst news of flour and food crisis across Pakistan, the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan is again making headlines as residents are furious over the discriminative policies of the Pakistan government that has exploited the region for several decades and are now demanding a reunion with India in Ladakh. Pak seeks financial aid On Thursday, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif paid a visit to the UAE where he met Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. On Wednesday, Sharif said several countries and some of the world’s institutions have pledged $9.7 billion to help Pakistan rebuild from the summer’s catastrophic flood that killed 1,739 people. On 26 October 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, faced with an invasion from tribal fighters coming from Pakistan due to the 1947 Jammu Massacre along with the 1947 Poonch rebellion, signed the Instrument of Accession, joining India.

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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 …

Pakistan: Protests rock PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India
2 years ago

Pakistan: Protests rock PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India

Firstpost  

In a video that has gone viral on several social media platforms, a huge rally in Gilgit Baltistan can be seen demanding the reopening of the Kargil Road and reunion with their fellow Baltis in the Kargil district of the union territory of Ladakh in India Muzzafarabad: Furious at the discriminative policies of the Pakistan government that had exploited the …

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 …

Protests Intensify Against Pak Army in PoK’s Gilgit-Baltistan Over Land Grabbing, Heavy Taxes
2 years ago

Protests Intensify Against Pak Army in PoK’s Gilgit-Baltistan Over Land Grabbing, Heavy Taxes

News 18  

Locals in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir have intensified protests over land grabbing by the Pakistan Army as well as for reduction in power prices and abolition of heavy taxes. The protesters have been in action for nine days but the situation turned tense after they blocked a road using electricity pylons and boulders, and stopped administration officials and their …

Opinion: Pakistan And China Are Moving To Take Over Gilgit-Baltistan
2 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: Pakistan And China Are Moving To Take Over Gilgit-Baltistan

News 18  

Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, is expected to use the occasion of Pakistan Day, observed each year on March 23, to make a public announcement that the Pakistan-occupied territory of Gilgit-Baltistan has been incorporated into its federal system as Pakistan’s fifth provisional province. Eminent PoJK historian and political commentator Dr Shabbir Chaudhary who lives in exile in the UK writes …

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 …

Imran Khan's Chinese game plan for Gilgit-Baltistan explained
4 years, 1 month ago

Imran Khan's Chinese game plan for Gilgit-Baltistan explained

India Today  

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has claimed victory in the legislative assembly election in Gilgit-Baltistan held on Sunday. What sets Imran Khan-led PTI’s victory apart is that it has come at a time when Pakistan is nearing its plan to permanently alter the status of Gilgit-Baltistan. Gilgit-Baltistan, a Chinese design It is widely believed that Pakistan’s Imran Khan …

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 …

PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan removed from Pakistan's map by Saudi Arabia, says activist, adds 'Diwali gift to India'
4 years, 2 months ago

PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan removed from Pakistan's map by Saudi Arabia, says activist, adds 'Diwali gift to India'

India TV News  

In a setback for Imran Khan and Islamabad, Saudi Arabia has removed Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from the map of Pakistan. Taking to the microblogging site, Amjad Ayub Mirza said, "Saudi Arab removes Pakistani occupied Jammu Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan from Pakistan's map!!!!" Along with his above tweet, the PoK activist also mentionde in another tweet, "Saudi Arabia's Diwali gift …

The Gilgit-Baltistan game plan
4 years, 2 months ago

The Gilgit-Baltistan game plan

The Hindu  

Reports indicate that the Pakistan government is on the verge of declaring Gilgit-Baltistan a province of Pakistan. The most authoritative declaration came last month from Pakistan’s Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan who stated that Prime Minister Imran Khan would soon make an announcement to this effect. Beijing possibly presumes that Pakistan will agree to a Chinese military presence in …

Gilgit-Baltistan: The land of peaks, streams and disputes
4 years, 3 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan: The land of peaks, streams and disputes

The Hindu  

Seven decades after it took control of the region, Pakistan is moving to grant full statehood to Gilgit-Baltistan, which appears as the northernmost part of the country in its official map. Indian protest Following Pakistan’s announcement of holding the legislative election in Gilgit-Baltistan, India reiterated its territorial sovereignty over the region with the Ministry of External Affairs stating that the …

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 …

Plan ready, army will take action when time comes: VK Singh on Gilgit-Baltistan
4 years, 8 months ago

Plan ready, army will take action when time comes: VK Singh on Gilgit-Baltistan

India Today  

Speaking at the E-Agenda Aaj Tak, former Army chief and Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways VK Singh said that the entire Kashmir belongs to India. Talking about elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, General VK Singh said, "Pakistan's rulers are not even able to manage their country, their army is deciding what to do to the people. "The way India …

As tensions rise in Kashmir again, why the continued conflict between India, Pak and China is unlikely to resolve any issues
4 years, 8 months ago

As tensions rise in Kashmir again, why the continued conflict between India, Pak and China is unlikely to resolve any issues

Firstpost  

The fighting has escalated again in Kashmir. Last Saturday night, two officers and two jawans of the Indian Army and a police sub-inspector were killed in militant violence in Handwara in Kashmir. “India completely rejects such actions and continued attempts to bring material changes in Pakistan occupied areas of the Indian territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The prospects of 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 …

Acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan: Political activist requests India
4 years, 10 months ago

Acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan: Political activist requests India

India TV News  

Director of Institute of Gilgit-Baltistan Studies, Senge H Sering, speaking at the 43rd session of UNHRC in Geneva, lambasted on Pakistan saying that they are under constant threat of terrorism perpetrated by Pakistani military and requested India to resume constitutional responsibility and acquire control of Gilgit-Baltistan to save them from brutal colonial reign of Pakistan. Today as native of Gilgit-Baltistan …

All roads lead to Gilgit-Baltistan: Indo-Pak tensions and what it could mean
5 years, 2 months ago

All roads lead to Gilgit-Baltistan: Indo-Pak tensions and what it could mean

Op India  

Things have been heating up at the border, to put it mildly. If India does not share a land border of 106 km with Afghanistan today, it is because of Pakistan’s illegal occupation of this historical part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir since 1948,” Rajnath Singh said in a keynote address at a conference on Afghanistan held at …

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 …

Upheaval in Gilgit-Baltistan over Pakistan’s illegal occupation
6 years, 1 month ago

Upheaval in Gilgit-Baltistan over Pakistan’s illegal occupation

Op India  

As per a report by the news agency ANI, the local residents in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces, on Sunday, held a protest against the Pakistan government’s illegal occupation of their respective states. Activists from across the Gilgit-Baltistan areas assembled in Bagh district to stage a massive protest to demand Pakistan’s forceful occupation of their land. Activists from various …

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