Amid Indian's objection to Pakistan's move to declare Gilgit-Baltistan as its fifth frontier, a report said that Islamabad was selling the land to China
Amid India's objection to Pakistan's move to declare Gilgit-Baltistan as its fifth frontier, a report claims that Islamabad is selling parts of the strategic land to China for CPEC.
The Gilgit-Baltistan area is Pakistan's northernmost administrative territory that borders the disputed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. New Delhi has fervently maintained that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, which includes areas currently under Pakistan occupation, is an integral part of the Union of India.
According to CNN-News18.com, the land was procured mostly by force by Pakistani generals for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The report also says that those resisting are either killed off or incarcerated without a trial.
"Thousands had their land snatched and occupied by the military authorities and their agencies. Under this black draconian rule, nobody can raise their voices against the CPEC," Wajahat Hasan, Chairman of the Gilgit-Baltistan Thinkers Forum (GBTF), told CNN-News18.
Abdul Hamid Khan, Chairman of the Balawaristan National Front (BNF) said that both the countries have to build many cantonments in Gilgit-Baltistan and they will station their huge divisions of army.
It is believed that China's concerns about the unsettled status of Gilgit-Baltistan prompted Pakistan to change its status.
With Pakistan planning to declare Gilgit-Baltistan region as its fifth province, the Baloch leaders have warned Islamabad of serious repercussions stating that this development will only lead to massive resistance by the people of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Earlier last month, Pakistan's envoy to India Abdul Basit had said that he was not aware whether Gilgit-Baltistan was being announced as the country's fifth province.
(With agency inputs)
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