By Hamza Ameer Islamabad, March 9 : The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution demanding the status of interim province for the region.
The resolution, which was presented by the leader of the House and GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, stated that Pakistan’s principal position in the light of United Nation’s resolutions on the Kashmir issue must be upheld in the amendment.
“GB should be given the status of an interim constitutional province and representation in the National Assembly and other federal bodies,” read the resolution.
Khurshid Khan later took to Twitter, saying: “Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly unanimously passed a historic resolution demanding provision of constitutional rights to the region. I myself presented the resolution in the assembly. I am thankful to the opposition leader for their support…” “…And also the members of government for working their best to create consensus. The demand for constitutional rights is a uninamous demand of the people of GB, not of an individual/party only. The unity we’ve shown on this issue needs to be repeated again at federal level,” he said in another tweet.
Pakistan’s Federal Minister of Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, declared it as a historic day, terming the development as a huge “leap forward”.
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