Pakistan raising constitutional status of Gilgit-Baltistan?

By Sajjad Hussain, 8 January 2016
Gilgit-Baltistan borders China, Afghanistan and Kashmir (image credit: Al Jazeera)
Gilgit-Baltistan borders China, Afghanistan and Kashmir (image credit: Al Jazeera)
<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>In a move that is bound to raise hackles in India, Pakistan is working on raising the constitutional status of its occupied Gilgit-Baltistan to address China’s concerns over the USD 46-billion economic corridor through the strategic region.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The strategic region in the north provides the only vital link with China. It is also on the key route of the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), linking western China to southern Pakistan’s Gwadar Port with a network of roads, highways, railways and investment parks.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
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