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Context: On November 1, observed every year in Gilgit-Baltistan as “Independence Day”, Pakistan Prime Minister announced that his government would give the region “provisional provincial status”.
When that happens, G-B will become the fifth province of Pakistan, although the region is claimed by India as part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu & Kashmir as it existed in 1947 at its accession to India.
Gilgit-Baltistan
What is the region’s current status?
Why the separate status?
Is granting this status a step towards Pakistan accepting the LoC status quo?
What do the people in G-B want?
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