Pakistan occupying Gilgit Baltistan
territory one by one
ISLAMABAD: After
shattering the resolutions of the United Nations under its feet, Pakistan is
continuing to illegally grab the territorial areas of Gilgit-Baltistan one by
one while the political leadership of the region remains silent spectator as
before.
After merging the
geographical and culturally homogenous part of Chitral into the Pashtoon
dominated KPK province, Pakistan has also occupied Shandur and now is eyeing
the part of Diamer district where the mega dam is to be built so that Islamabad
can claim the royalty of the reservoir. The people of Gilgit-Baltistan
bitterly divided on the basis of sectarianism now have left alone the residents
of Diamer when they stood up against the occupation of their land by the KPK
government eyeing on the royalty of the Diamer dam being built in the
Giglit-Baltistan territory. It may also be noted that Pakistan has planned to
build the mega dam in the disputed territory of Gilgit-Baltistan while under
the UN resolutions it was not allowed to do so. As far as the Shandur area is
concerned, the KPK government has occupied it and annually arranges the world
famous Shandur festival on its own while the government and people of
Gilgit-Baltistan attended the festival as guests. In the 70s, the then prime
minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gifted the Shimshal area of
Gilgit-Baltistan to China without letting the people of eh region know about
it.
The latest bolt from the
blue for the people of the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan came as the federal
government decided to take over the Diamer land for an indefinite period after
the KPK government occupied it and the Diamer people rose in protest against
the occupation. The people of the region can never expect Pakistan as a neutral
arbitrator and they are sure that Islamabad will never hand the piece of land
to GB again. The people of eh region are fearful that slowly and stealthily
Pakistan would be occupying the whole land of Gilgit-Baltistan as the
government of Mehdi Shah remains incapable of protecting the rights of
the masses. The concerned people of Giglit-Baltistan have called upon the UN to
intervene in the matter and top Pakistan from occupying the land of the region
to protect the indigenous people from being annihilated by the occupying
elements.
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