SKARDU: Of late, there has been a plethora of public awareness drives and media reports that laid bare the establishment’s shenanigans over Islamabad’s decades-old policy to keep the people of Gilgit-Baltistan subjugated, pitched against each other and continue the illegal occupation of the region.
Though umpteenth times there have been recognition that under the UN resolutions passed over six decades ago the status of Gilgit-Baltistan is yet to be determined by the indigenous people of the area, recently lawmakers and government departments themselves started spilling the beans.
The latest such a factual narrative came from the secretary of the ministry of Kashmir affairs that Gilgit-Baltistan is not a constitutional part of Pakistan and its status is yet to be decided under the UN resolutions.
People of Gilgit-Baltsitan especially the nationalist political parties have welcomed the factual statement of the ministry.
Chairman Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement (GBUM) Manzoor Hussain Parwana said the statement of the ministry of Kashmir affairs that Gilgit-Baltistan is a disputed territory and not a constitutional part of Pakistan was based on facts and realities and his party would always welcome such a bold narrative.
The other day, in a briefing to the Senate committee on interior, the secretary Kashmir affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Shahidullah Baig said that Gilgit-Baltistan was not a constitutional part of Pakistan and a disputed territory.
The GBUM chairman said that accepting the ground realities and the status of Gilgit-Baltistan, the state subject rule should be reinforced in the region that protected the status of the indigenous people by not allowing outsiders to buy land and settle in the area.
He was of the view that the recent attack on the deputy commissioner Skardu by the people of a village was the result of the abolition of the state subject rule. Therefore, he added, the government should take steps to avoid such incidents and check government officials from violating the state subject rule. He was of the view that Gilgit-Baltistan was a settled territory and under the state subject rule the natural resources including mountains and water were the property of the endogenous people who had the right to utilize them without any outside interference. The government does not own any piece of land in Gilgit-Baltistan because the status of the region is yet to be determined. But Pakistan has been ruling the region without any mandate given to it under the international law, he added. Under the UN laws, the government of Pakistan has the right
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