By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2014. GILGIT: The resolution adopted by the senate on Tuesday to amend Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) self-governance order to empower the de facto province has given hope to the region’s lawmakers and politicians. To shift powers from the G-B Council to its legislative assembly has been a longstanding demand of politicians here. The G-B Council is a 12-member body headed by the prime minister. It is equally represented…