Pakistan gave the state status to Gilgit-Baltistan, India protested | India's 18
Despite protests in the country and strong opposition from India, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday officially announced the provincial status of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), which New Delhi asserts is part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Khan used the occasion to blame India for the Shia-Sunni sectarian violence in the country, saying “the most racist government” was in power there. New Delhi had strongly protested Pakistan’s move to make GB its fifth province and to hold legislative elections there later this month, asserting that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of India, and Pakistan had “no locus standi on territories illegally and forcibly occupied it.” Khan said that his government had taken the decision to turn the region into a province, “keeping in mind the UN Security Council’s resolutions.” GB, formerly Northern Areas, was earlier governed, with only limited autonomy, by the “Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order of 2009”. Pakistan is facing strong domestic opposition from groups that accuse it of systematically exploiting GB of its resources and sharing no dividends with them. Any resistance is met with brutal government reprisal, with activists and leaders hounded, arrested and tortured. Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of Pakistan’s 11-party opposition alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement, is among opponents of Pakistan’s GB move. #Pakistan #GilgitBaltistan #POK #INDIA'S18 PRODUCED BY : INDIA'S18 EDITED BY : VINAY GAUTAM India’s 18 | Latest News | India’s 18 के साथ देखिये देश-विदेश की सभी महत्वपूर्ण और बड़ी खबरें | Watch the latest Hindi news on India’s 18 Channel on YouTube. #India’s18 #Indias18 #HindiNews ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- India’s 18 | Hindi News | Latest News | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- India’s 18 News Channel: India’s 18 भारत का सर्वश्रेष्ठ हिंदी न्यूज चैनल है । आज तक न्यूज चैनल राजनीति, मनोरंजन, बॉलीवुड, व्यापार और खेल में नवीनतम समाचारों को शामिल करता है। आज तक न्यूज चैनल की लाइव खबरें एवं ब्रेकिंग न्यूज के लिए बने रहें । India’s 18 is India's best Hindi News Channel. India’s 18 news channel covers the latest news in politics, entertainment, Bollywood, business and sports. Stay tuned for all the breaking news in Hindi! Subscribe To Our Channel: / indias18 Official website: https://indias18.com Like us on Facebook: / indias18 Follow us on Twitter: / indias18network Instagram: / indias18 Category News & Politics
