The writer is a senior research fellow at the University of Karachi. THE government in Gilgit-Baltistan is completing its five-year term tomorrow. The Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-governance Order 2009 provided a limited chance to the locals to govern their region for the first time. Following the first elections held after this presidential order, the PPP won most of the seats and became the single largest party in the legislative assembly. However, the outgoing PPP…
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GILGIT: The last session of the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) legislative assembly began here on Monday with Speaker Wazir Baig in the chair. The term of the assembly ends on Wednesday. The assembly adopted a resolution criticising remarks made by Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rasheed and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif that GB not a constitutional part of Pakistan. The resolution was tabled by PPP member Ayub Shah and Abdul Hameed Khan.…
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2014. GILGIT: A deal has reportedly been struck under the table between Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minister (CM) Mehdi Shah and opposition leader Janbaz Khan to nominate a ‘suitable candidate’ as caretaker CM for when the government completes its term. Shah, who will step down on December 10, supposedly passed over most of his party members when choosing the person to replace him as the caretaker…
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2014. GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) legislative assembly met on the first day of the last session on Monday as clouds of uncertainty loom over the future of the region. The G-B government’s five-year term is set to end on December 10 but very little is known about if and how an interim set-up can take over. The federal government’s silence over the lack of…
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan government on Monday banned travel on the Karakoram Highway on the stretch passing through Koshistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at night-time after militant threats of attacks on passengers. Sources told Dawn that Kohistan administration, in a letter two days ago, had informed the GB government of the militant threat. In the letter, the GB administration was asked to warn its people against travel on the 200 kilometer stretch of KKH in…