GILGIT BALTISTAN: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto has said that the federal government shelved the plan on altering the status of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) by taking another U-turn.
On a social media website Twitter, the PPP leader commenting on a news item said, “One more U-turn? “Govt shelves plan for altering GB status,” he added.
One more U-turn? “Govt shelves plan for altering GB status” https://t.co/MZP6Zy7jwd
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) November 1, 2020
In the said news, the local English newspaper claimed that the government, instead of implementing the plan to make Gilgit-Baltistan a constitutional province, shelved the plan for altering the status of Gilgit-Baltistan for the time being keeping in view the situation in the region and sensitivity of the area that is located on the mouth of the strategic project of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
According to the news, the government was mulling to accord provisional federating unit status to GB and creates a representation of the area in legislative houses and financial institutions of the federal government.
Citing the sources it said that the decision not to bring about any change anytime soon in the status of GB has been made in consultation with the stakeholders of the situation and experts of international law.
It has surely disappointed India and other enemies of Pakistan who were watching the situation with ulterior motives and underhanded hopes which have been dashed with the decision.
