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Constitutional status: AJK has consented to granting G-B province status

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GILGIT: In what appears to be a push to get over the final hurdle, Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minister Hafeezur Rehman claimed on Sunday that leadership of Azad Jammu and Kashmir had consented to the idea of granting constitutional status to G-B.

Rehman’s comments came days after Indian media created hype quoting certain Kashmiri leaders who are opposed to changing G-B’s constitutional status.

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“ Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Farooq Haider and I will be meeting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif soon,” said Rehman in an indirect reference to the understanding reached between the two regions over G-B’s new constitutional status.

The G-B chief minister said this while addressing a public rally organised to mark the 14th death anniversary of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) founding member Saifur Rehman, the late brother of the chief minister.

Saif was assassinated in 2003 by a relative for voicing his stance on sectarian peace in the region.

“We have had meetings recently and they [AJK] have no objections over G-B’s constitutional status,” Rehman told the well-attended rally.

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The chief minister further disclosed that a file containing recommendations from Sartaj Aziz’s committee for the change of G-B’s status had also been presented to Nawaz, who is expected to announce the change in the constitutional status soon.

Rehman, however, did not elaborate on what changes had been proposed in the report.

“G-B will have what its people want,” the chief minister assured.

He said G-B would be able to extract maximum benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), adding that nefarious designs of the region’s enemies would be foiled.

Referring to his slain brother, the CM said that Saif had been killed for promoting sectarian harmony in the region and that today that dream of a peaceful Gilgit had come true.

“Today, there are no ‘no-go’ areas in G-B and peace has been restored.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 20th, 2017.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/135995...s-ajk-consented-granting-g-b-province-status/
 
But is the AJK government the competent authority to take such a step?
 
No dear... This is for GB and AJK people to give more special facilities what they actually deserve after ditching India..:cheers:

Yes and by doing that you now have declared that you accept the status quo.
 
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Protests Across Gilgit, Azad Kashmir Over Pakistan’s Move To Make Gilgit-Baltistan Its Fifth Province

Pakistan's move to make Gilgit-Baltistan its fifth province has triggered widespread protests all across Azad Kashmir (Azad Kashmir) and Gilgit as the people led by the lawyers in both the regions have said that Pakistan is selling off a part of Kashmir to China just like it gave it the area of Aksai Chin and the Shaksgam Valley.


Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh are four provinces of Pakistan. The Gilgit-Baltistan area is Pakistan's northernmost administrative territory that borders the disputed Azad Kashmir. However, India claims the Gilgit-Baltistan area as an integral part of its territory.

Lawyers in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit are on strike over Pakistan's move to make Gilgit-Baltistan region as its 5th Province and are also demanding amendment to the Azad Kashmir interim Constitution Act 1974.

According to the protesters, Pakistan Government wants to carve out the region from the State of Jammu and Kashmir to make its land available to the Chinese Government for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

https://swarajyamag.com/insta/ed-at...re-of-zakir-naiks-islamic-research-foundation
 
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Protests Across Gilgit, Azad Kashmir Over Pakistan’s Move To Make Gilgit-Baltistan Its Fifth Province

Pakistan's move to make Gilgit-Baltistan its fifth province has triggered widespread protests all across Azad Kashmir (Azad Kashmir) and Gilgit as the people led by the lawyers in both the regions have said that Pakistan is selling off a part of Kashmir to China just like it gave it the area of Aksai Chin and the Shaksgam Valley.


Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh are four provinces of Pakistan. The Gilgit-Baltistan area is Pakistan's northernmost administrative territory that borders the disputed Azad Kashmir. However, India claims the Gilgit-Baltistan area as an integral part of its territory.

Lawyers in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit are on strike over Pakistan's move to make Gilgit-Baltistan region as its 5th Province and are also demanding amendment to the Azad Kashmir interim Constitution Act 1974.

According to the protesters, Pakistan Government wants to carve out the region from the State of Jammu and Kashmir to make its land available to the Chinese Government for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

https://swarajyamag.com/insta/ed-at...re-of-zakir-naiks-islamic-research-foundation

Their propaganda has failed. :lol:
 
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