India has strongly reacted to Pakistan announcing elections in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK)’s Gilgit-Baltistan.
The ministry of external affairs while protesting the action said, “Action such as these can neither hide the illegal occupation of parts of Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh by Pakistan nor the grave human rights violations, exploitation and denial of freedom to the people residing in Pakistan occupied territories for the past seven decades.”
Adding, “These are cosmetic exercises intended to camouflage its illegal occupation.”
Pakistan has announced that elections will take place in Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly on November 15 under the recent Gilgit-Baltistan (Elections and Caretaker Government) Amendment Order 2020. The country plans to make the region as its 5th province and hectic political activities are underway.
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