Khan Baltistani

Travel and Politics are what I live for. CPEC is the biggest issue GB is facing today.

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Baba Jan has been denied parole by #GilgitBaltistan govt to solemnise his nikkah which was on 15th April. Legally, a prisoner has the right to marriage on parole.Violating human rights of an activist even after granting him life sentence is totally condemnable!
@GilgitiGadero

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The demonstrators alleged that the issue garners politicians' attention before every election and they come up with their template scripts assuring compensation. However, all promises are yet to be fulfilled. @SengeHSering

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People in #GilgitBaltistan held protests to demand compensation for their lands which were acquired by the Pakistani government, in the name of development, decades ago. Even though land acquisition took place in 1949, people are yet to be compensated. @SengeHSering

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Protesters said their ancestors became homeless overnight aftr the acquisition drive was started by #Pakistan in the aftermath of its "illegal occupation of the territory." At least 193 families were affected aftr their lands were acquired fr the construction of Gilgit airport.

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The region is not only completely excluded from the high financial profits that a project like the #CPEC would bring, but it will further inflict a number of negative environmental and ecological repercussions. @SengeHSering

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According to a a research analyst at European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Yoana Barakova, the much-publicised #CPEC will render more than 10,000 people of #GilgitBaltistan jobless due to the massive influx of Chinese working hand. @SengeHSering

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#GilgitBaltistan is deprived of all fundamental human and civil rights and it has no representation in the National Assembly of #Pakistan or any other national legislative body. @SengeHSering

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Residents of #Ladakh will chose their representative for Parliament on May 6 but can the people of #GilgitBaltistan say that about their vote? @SengeHSering

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Residents of #GilgitBaltistan are keenly watching the ongoing electioneering in #Ladakh due to their ethnic, cultural and religious similarities with the residents of #Leh and #Kargil districts. @SengeHSering

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Democratic rights are given to the community members unlike #Pakistan which has always committed atrocities on deprived and subjugated residents of #GilgitBaltistan under illegal occupation. @SengeHSering

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The protesters were also calling for reversal of a decision made reportedly by a court in #KhyberPakhtunkhwa declaring Khanbari valley forests as a property of KP residents. @SengeHSering

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In an unprecedented move, #GilgitBaltistan Chief Minister Hafeezur Rehman and his cabinet on Tuesday decided to stage a protest sit-in at GB’s Diamer district – that shares boundary with #KhyberPakhtunkhwa – to protest against the KP government’s ‘excesses’. @SengeHSering

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The decision comes days after people in #GilgitBaltistan’s Diamer valley staged protest demonstrations, accusing the K-P government of levying ‘illegal’ taxes on timber and dry fruits transported to the rest of the country via Kohistan district. @SengeHSering

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After the creation of Deral and Tangir districts, there will be 12 districts in #GilgitBaltistan. The chief minister said Rs50 billion would be allocated in the next annual budget for setting up the new districts.

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Chief Minister Hafeezur Rehman has announced that two more districts are being carved out from Diamer district of #GilgitBaltistan. He said the Deral Valley and the Tangir Valley in Diamer would be two districts and a notification in this regard would be issued next month.

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Sering narrated at a seminar on 'Recent Developments in PoK' that how women and girls of the local GB families are sexually assaulted by the #PakistanArmy. He added that #Pakistan is using divide and rule policy in GB and dealing with the local people with iron fists.

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Activist @SengeHSering has accused #Pakistan of changing the demography of #GilgitBaltistan region and said even #China is helping in that process. Pakistanis have taken all the jobs in the region and there are massive human rights violations taking place in the region.

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Dissatisfaction has engulfed the people of #GilgitBaltistan ever since the multi-billion dollar #CPEC was launched, which only intends to exploit the natural resources of the region and violate the territorial rights of the indigenous people of the region.

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Political activist from #GilgitBaltistan Wajahat Hasan Mirza has blamed #Pakistan for misusing Schedule IV of anti-terrorism act in the region wherein political activists are being targeted.

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He said the enforcement of Schedule IV is the reason why the public is afraid of raising its voice. People need to seek prior permission from the Police to even move places and if they violate the rules, their bank accounts are seized and their property is confiscated.

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Since #PoK & #GilgitBaltistan being the disputed territories, #Pakistan has no right to build mega dams in the regions. The activists demanded international community to intervene & stop Pakistan from exploiting natural resources as the indigenous people are paying a heavy price.

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Activists from #GilgitBaltistan on Tuesday highlighted the atrocities being perpetrated by the #PakistanArmy and ISI against the people of the region in Geneva at the venue of a conference of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

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Chanting slogans against the #PakistanArmy, the activists carried banners like "Stop human rights violations in #PoK and #GilgitBaltistan", "Pakistan dismantle terror infrastructure" with the hope that the world body will act against the Pakistani forces and spy agencies.