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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill: A cure worse than the disease
5 years, 4 months ago

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill: A cure worse than the disease

The Hindu  

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, far from being a panacea to the long-standing political issues, has created a new set of internal and external problems. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah defended the removal of special status to the State on economic grounds, saying this would lead to more development and thus reduce the State’s political …

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