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 4, 2020 Syed Tehmeena from the True Voice of Kashmir; Executive Director of South Asia Democratic Forum Paulo Casaca, a Former Member of European Parliament Nathan Gill, an expert from South-Asia from European Commission, Brian Toll, President of Jammu and Kashmir National Awami Party Sajjad Raja were also present during the meeting. Jammu and Kashmir is a part of India.” Brian Toll, a former director at European Commission said that Pakistan has been involved with Jammu and Kashmir since the partition in 1947, which has helped tribespeople and non-residents of Jammu and Kashmir to find their place and follow the agenda largely set by Islamabad. Brian Toll, a former director at #European Commission said that #Pakistan has been involved with #Jammu and #Kashmir since the partition in 1947, which has helped tribes people and non-residents of J-K to find their place there and follow the agenda set largely by #Islamabad.

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POK Integral Part of India, All Muslims and Hindus Living There Are Indians: Amit Shah
9 months, 2 weeks ago

POK Integral Part of India, All Muslims and Hindus Living There Are Indians: Amit Shah

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday emphasised that both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the entire Parliament firmly believe that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is an integral part of India, asserting that both Muslims and Hindus living there are Indians. People Misled on Article 370 While speaking on the government’s decision to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Shah …

‘Tu Kaun, Main Khaamkha’: Pakistan rejects Supreme Court of India’s verdict on abrogation of Article 370
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Tu Kaun, Main Khaamkha’: Pakistan rejects Supreme Court of India’s verdict on abrogation of Article 370

Op India  

On 11th December, Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs office issued a press note rejecting the judgment announced by the Supreme Court of India on the status of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. 2️⃣2️⃣5️⃣/2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ Pakistan Rejects the Indian Supreme Court’s Verdict on Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir 🔗⬇️ https://t.co/bsemHte2nF pic.twitter.com/DsFH9AovuE — Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA December 11, 2023 Pakistan claimed that the aspirations should …

India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir at UNGA; calls for taking credible action against 26/11 perpetrators
1 year, 3 months ago

India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir at UNGA; calls for taking credible action against 26/11 perpetrators

The Hindu  

India has strongly responded to Pakistan after its caretaker leader raked up Kashmir in his address to the U.N General Assembly, with Delhi saying the “home and patron” to the largest number of proscribed terrorist entities in the world should take credible action against perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks instead of engaging in “technical sophistry”. Instead of engaging 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 …

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 …

Rajnath reasserts India\'s resolve to reclaim Gilgit and Baltistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Rajnath reasserts India\'s resolve to reclaim Gilgit and Baltistan

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: India's northward journey of development will be complete after reaching Gilgit and Baltistan, parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, while referring to the 1994 resolution passed in Parliament on getting back the territories “under illegal occupation” of the neighbouring country. Singh, who was addressing the Shaurya Diwas function here that mark India's first military …

Pak Committing Atrocities Against People in PoK, Will Have to Bear Consequences: Rajnath
2 years, 2 months ago

Pak Committing Atrocities Against People in PoK, Will Have to Bear Consequences: Rajnath

News 18  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Pakistan is committing atrocities against people in its occupied Kashmir and will have to bear its consequences. Hinting at retrieving Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the minister said the goal of overall development in the twin Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will be achieved “after reaching Gilgit and Baltistan” — parts of PoK. …

‘Pakistan is targeting Hindus in Kashmir’
2 years, 7 months ago

‘Pakistan is targeting Hindus in Kashmir’

The Hindu  

Nirmal Singh, former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, blamed Pakistan for the ongoing assault on Kashmiri Pandits and other non-locals living in the Valley, terming its actions as a desperate attempt to keep the proxy war with India going. Speaking to Frontline, the BJP leader said that the youths of Kashmir were inclined towards being a part of …

Pakistan's relationship with India 'particularly complicated' by New Delhi's decisions, says Bilawal Bhutto
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan's relationship with India 'particularly complicated' by New Delhi's decisions, says Bilawal Bhutto

Firstpost  

Pakistan’s foreign minister referred to the 5 August 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the recent decision by the delimitation commission New York: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his country’s relationship with India has been “particularly complicated” by New Delhi’s decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir …

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 …

Opinion: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Calls Narendra Modi for Help
2 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Calls Narendra Modi for Help

News 18  

A video has gone viral on social media. In this particular video, a Kashmiri by the name of Malik Waseem from Kupwara in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and currently living in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir can be seen begging Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescue him and his family from the ‘zulm’ they face at the hands …

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 …

UKPNP Chairman says part of J-K illegally held by Pakistan since 1947
3 years, 10 months ago

UKPNP Chairman says part of J-K illegally held by Pakistan since 1947

Hindustan Times  

Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, exiled Chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party on Saturday said that Pak occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan were a part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir but have been illegally held by Pakistan since 1947. Speaking at a press conference at Geneva on human rights violations in Pakistan and the occupied territory of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 '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 …

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 …

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 …

Abrogation of Article 370 was long-awaited: Jaishankar
5 years, 3 months ago

Abrogation of Article 370 was long-awaited: Jaishankar

India TV News  

Describing the abrogation of article 370 as a "long-awaited" step and the "right thing" to do, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said it is expected from Pakistan to pull out all stops to challenge the decision as it has made deep investment in fuelling terrorism in Kashmir. "What do you expect the Pakistanis to say we expect calm …

PoK is Indian, Pakistan squatting there: Harish Salve
5 years, 3 months ago

PoK is Indian, Pakistan squatting there: Harish Salve

India TV News  

Endorsing the Modi government's decision to revoke Article 370, senior Indian lawyer Harish Salve on Wednesday said the move was a means of correcting a "mistake". Salve further described Pakistan's reaction to the move as a sign of "complete bankruptcy" because Kashmir is an integral part of India where they were "squatting". Tensions between India and Pakistan have spiked since …

Modi showed Pak its place by abrogating Article 370, 35A: Shah
5 years, 3 months ago

Modi showed Pak its place by abrogating Article 370, 35A: Shah

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi showed Pakistan its place by abrogating Article 370 and 35A and established that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. "Removing Article 370, Modi ji showed Pakistan its place, and established that Kashmir is an integral part of India," Shah said. "Atal ji also put Indias …

Article 370: India should put its energy into pulling Kashmir out of quagmire with a gentle hand and an eye on Pakistan
5 years, 4 months ago

Article 370: India should put its energy into pulling Kashmir out of quagmire with a gentle hand and an eye on Pakistan

Firstpost  

Since early August, there has been a slew of veiled threats by the Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan that suggest a war between the two nations was among the imminent possibilities. But barring that incident, the overall quiet in spite of the lifting restrictions may well mean that peace and tranquillity could slowly return to the Valley. Exploratory talks also …

Will UNHRC take note of rights violations by Pak in PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan?
5 years, 4 months ago

Will UNHRC take note of rights violations by Pak in PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan?

India TV News  

When UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet spoke on Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, she ignored the human rights violations being carried out by Pakistani forces in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan for decades. People in these regions, which were part of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir before their forcible annexation by Pakistan in 1947, have been repeatedly demanding …

Kashmir: Why Pakistan's campaign against Article 370 move is good news for India
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir: Why Pakistan's campaign against Article 370 move is good news for India

India Today  

Pakistan has upped its diplomatic offensive against India since August 5 when the Narendra Modi government scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir enjoyed under Article 370 of the Constitution. Now, by resorting to an aggressive campaign for restoration of the pre-August 5 status of Jammu and Kashmir, the Imran Khan government of Pakistan has officially admitted to the …

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 …

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says country will move ICJ over Kashmir issue
5 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says country will move ICJ over Kashmir issue

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Imran Khan had told a rare joint sitting of Pakistan’s Parliament on 6 August that he will raise the Kashmir issue at every forum including the UN Security Council and also take the matter to the ICJ. “An in-principle decision has been taken to take the issue of Kashmir to the International Court of Justice,” Foreign Minister Shah …

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 …

Article 370 revoked: Pakistan’s overt and covert options against India on Kashmir are limited, ineffective and self-damaging
5 years, 5 months ago

Article 370 revoked: Pakistan’s overt and covert options against India on Kashmir are limited, ineffective and self-damaging

Firstpost  

Pakistan has no real or tangible leverage over India to force it to reverse its decision on revoking Article 370. The collective decision of Pakistan’s top civil and military leadership is to call India’s action “unilateral and illegal” and implement a number of steps against India that are either ineffective, self-damaging, or both. India had revoked Pakistan’s MFN status long …

UAE ambassador to India and Sri Lankan PM support Indian govt’s decision to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir, say ‘internal matter’
5 years, 5 months ago

UAE ambassador to India and Sri Lankan PM support Indian govt’s decision to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir, say ‘internal matter’

Op India  

The UAE ambassador to India, Dr Ahmad Al Banna has backed the Indian government’s move to effectively abolish Article 370 and move a bill to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories-Jammu and Kashmir with legislature and Ladakh without legislature. https://t.co/HWsRDsGEjH — ANI August 6, 2019 Banna said that UAE has taken note of the Indian …

Pakistanis go completely mental as India strips Article 370 and proceeds to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir state
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistanis go completely mental as India strips Article 370 and proceeds to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir state

Op India  

Following India’s historic move to strip Article Article 370, which granted a special status to Jammu and Kashmir and a subsequent bill aimed to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories, Pakistanis on Twitter couldn’t stop themselves from expressing the devastation that swept them following India’s audacious move. https://t.co/4nwObg7joZ — Zaid Hamid August 5, 2019 He lost his mind so …

Scrapping Article 370 will not affect India’s map: Kanwal Sibal
5 years, 5 months ago

Scrapping Article 370 will not affect India’s map: Kanwal Sibal

Live Mint  

The revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir will not in any away affect India’s claims on regions of the state that are under Pakistani control, analysts said. According to former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal, India’s claim over the whole of Jammu and Kashmir remains unaffected by this move. Watch | Article …

India revokes disputed Kashmir’s special status with rush decree
5 years, 5 months ago

India revokes disputed Kashmir’s special status with rush decree

Al Jazeera  

Indian government scraps Article 370 in a bid to integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country. The Indian government has rushed through a presidential decree to scrap a special status for India-administered Kashmir, the most far-reaching political move on the disputed region in nearly seven decades. — Mehbooba Mufti August 5, 2019 Despite the blackout on …

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 …

Fundamental rights in Gilgit-Baltistan lower priority compared to resolution of Kashmir dispute, suggests Pakistan SC judgment
5 years, 11 months ago

Fundamental rights in Gilgit-Baltistan lower priority compared to resolution of Kashmir dispute, suggests Pakistan SC judgment

Firstpost  

For those unaware of the black hole that is Gilgit-Baltistan, it is not constitutionally part of Pakistan, and was hived away from the original state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1949. This does nothing less than recite a highly selected history of the Kashmir conflict, pauses to praise the moral stance of the Pakistan government, dodges key legal issues in …

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