Gilani visits POK and insists full cooperation in development process; President of POK calls on the Federal Minister of Defence; GBUM asks China to stop investment in the disputed regions
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    • Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani visited Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on April 30. He inaugurated the District Government Complex in Muzaffarabad1. Later addressing the joint session of the Legislative Assembly and the PoK Senate Council, Gilani reiterated the need of peaceful dialogue with the Indian government on the Kashmir issue2. He promised that the elected members of the PoK region would be given representations in Pakistani delegations. He also announced the allocation of Rs. 5 million to each member in the upcoming federal budget3.

    In another development, the President of the POK, Raja Mohammad Zulkarnain called on the Pakistani Federal Minister of Defence, Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar on his taking charge in the new office in Islamabad4.

    Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement (GBUM), Manzoor Hussain Parwana asked China to refrain from investing in the disputed regions of the PoK. Parawna stated that Gilgit-Baltistan was not a part of Pakistan and that fell outside the jurisdiction of the Pakistani constitution. He was reportedly talking in the context of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam and the broadening of the Karakoram highway5.

    In other developments, the leader of the PPP unit in the PoK, Chaudhary Abdul Majeed Advocate expressed concern over the forthcoming elections in J and K and charge that the electoral exercise was unfair. Advocate urged for international intervention on the issue in order to preserve the right of self determination of the people of Kashmir6.

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