Pakistan’s decision to make Gilgit Baltistan its provisional province creates uproar
Nov 03, 2020
Gilgit Baltistan, 03 November, 2020: - People across Gilgit Baltistan are up in arms against Islamabad’s decision of integrating the illegally occupied region with the rest of Pakistan. In the run-up to the assembly elections in this so-called autonomous region, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan recently announced that the region will become a provisional province of Pakistan - a declaration that has drawn massive condemnation from both people and politicians. Activists wonder as to how an occupying state which has no locus standi over the region can take a call of subsuming it with the rest of Pakistan.
