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India Slams Pakistan Over Plans To Declare Gilgit-Baltistan As Fifth Province
As Islamabad prepares to declare Gilgit-Baltistan as Pakistan’s fifth province, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) today (16 March) said such a step will not be able to hide the illegality of Pakistan’s occupation of the parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Stating that Jammu and Kashmir is and will always remain an integral part of India, MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay said any unilateral attempt from Pakistan’s side will be absolutely unacceptable. He added,
It will also not be able to hide the tremendous and very concerning human rights violation and denial of freedom that has been going (on) in those parts under Pakistan’s control for the last 70 years.
The Gilgit-Baltistan area is Pakistan’s northernmost administrative territory that borders the disputed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh are the four provinces of Pakistan.
With Inputs From ANI.