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TopicGilgit Baltistan

Topic: Gilgit Baltistan

Pakistan PM Imran Khan grants provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan

The announcement comes amid massive protests in the country against Imran Khan's govt over the issue, including reports of Saudi Arabia removing the region from Pakistan's map.

Gilgit-Baltistan polls are cosmetic exercises to hide illegal occupation by Pakistan, says MEA

The MEA said Pakistan has no locus standi on territories ‘illegally and forcibly occupied’ by it and asked to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation.

Pakistan’s ‘upgrade’ of Gilgit-Baltistan is linked to the India-China stand-off

The ‘inclusion’ of Gilgit-Baltistan into Pakistan legalises the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor activity in the region, and allows greater Chinese ingress.

Pakistan to elevate Gilgit-Baltistan to full-fledged province with all constitutional rights

Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs, Ali Amin Gandapur Wednesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan would soon visit the region and make the formal announcement.

Pakistan’s new map an opportunity for India. Now, Delhi just needs to play its cards right

Pakistan’s brash map-making, bereft as it is of any historical buttress, may just have given India an edge on its claims over Gilgit-Baltistan. Let the talks begin.

Pakistan chuckled while India clashed at LAC. Forgot how China nibbled at its borders too

A serious threat may lead to Beijing hitting the pause button on territorial expansion, but in the long run the slow decadal expansionism will not cease.

Why Pakistan is keeping mum about India-China LAC conflict

General Bajwa is being careful not to aggravate LoC. If Bajwa didn’t escalate after India’s revocation of Article 370, he won’t do so now.

Pakistan President Arif Alvi issues order to conduct elections in Gilghit-Baltistan

Alvi also ordered the formation of a caretaker govt after the Pakistan Supreme Court recently allowed the amendment of a 2018 administrative order to conduct elections in the region.

Pakistan’s 40-yr-old Gilgit-Baltistan dam project could finally be a reality, with China help

With Diamer-Bhasha dam coming up in disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region, India has reacted sharply, saying building projects in territories under Pakistan's illegal occupation is 'not proper'.

Gilgit-Baltistan gets an ‘official’ Twitter account, directs users to Ladakh govt page

Created in May 2020, the account — 'Official Twitter Account of Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh (U.T.), India' — has not been verified by Twitter and has only three posts.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.