GILGIT: The Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly has approved another controversial resolution demanding complete provincial status for the region under the federation of Pakistan, ignoring the issue of sectarian hatred, and apparently to appease the powerful establishment of the country.
The resolution was jointly tabled by members of legislative assembly representing federalist parties including PPP, PML Q and MQM. Muhammad Ayub (Yasin) and Mutabiat
Shah (Hunza–Nagar) of PPP, Amina Ansari (Ghanche) of PMLQ and Agha Muhammad
Ali, Raja Azam (Skardu) of MQM and Independent member Deedar Ali were part of
the group moving the resolution in the assembly.
Majority of the members voted in favour of the resolution
while some members opposed terming it worthless as the future of region is to
be decided through plebiscite as per the resolutions of United Nations.
The resolution is also likely to be approved by the GB
Council, headed by the sitting Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Nawaz Khan Naji, Chairman Balawaristan National Front, Raziuddin
Razvi, Rehmat Khaleq and some other members strongly ofpposed the resolution in
the assembly. Nationalist leader Nawaz Khan Naji said that the resolution is
useless because the status of GB is tied with the resolution of Kashmir dispute, which is pending at the UN for almost 6
decades. He, instead, demanded internal autonomy for GB under the supervision
of the United Nations.
MLA Rehmat Khaliq while opposing the law suggested that a
committee should be formed within the house to further improve the resolution
and launch a strong drive for constitutional status.
MLA Raziuddin Rizvi also said that the resolution is likely
to remain ineffective because GB is part of the Kashmir
dispute and even the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan cannot do much to
change the situation.
Other nationalist parties including BNF Hamid group,
Karakuran National Movement, Gilgit Baltistan United Movement, Labour Party and
Kashmiri nationalist groups have also opposed the resolution, calling it an
effort to divide the “undivided stat of Jammu
and Kashmir”. They have said that giving GB a provincial status will
provide precedence for India
to annex the parts of Kashmir under its
control. It is pertinent to note that Kashmiris claim GB to be “an integral
part of Kashmir”, a claim that has been widely
opposed and condemned by majority of people of the Gilgit – Baltistan region.
The regional lawmakers ignored the UN laws, saying they
meant nothing because the UN is an ineffective organization, unable to resolve
any international dispute during the last several decades.
Skardu – Kargil
Road
MLA Amina Ansari from Ghanche district of Baltistan
presented a resolution demanding the opening of the historical Skardu – Kargil
road. Amina’s resolution was unanimously approved by the house.
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