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GILGIT BALTISTAN UNITED MOVEMENTSkarud Baltistan
StruggleFreedomJustice
 
GILGIT BALTISTAN UNITED MOVEMENTSkarud Baltistan
StruggleFreedomJustice
The Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement (GBUM) is a political movement,supported by local politicians that demands a fully autonomous statecomprising of Gilgit and Baltistan, also known as the Northern Areas. Gilgit-Baltistan leaders reject Musharraf's empowerment package,( Asian News International, November 2, 2007. )Among more practical revendications, the GBUM demands that the Gilgit-Baltistan regions, officially known as the Northern Areas, should berepresented in the Kashmir Council of Azad Kashmir and that the NorthernAreas Legislative Council should be given the status of a legislative assemblyand given similar rights granted to the existing Azad Kashmir LegislativeAssembly.(Gilgit Baltistan United Movement (GBUM) Letter to Prime Minister of theIslamic Republic of Pakistan, October 12, 2006. )According to the GBUM, the region enjoyed a brief period of independencebetween November 1, 1947, when the suzerainty of the Dogra rulers of theKashmir princely state ceased to exist, and November 16, 1947, when thePakistani army occupied the region.( Sarwar Kashani, Gilgit leaders call official Independence Day a 'joke', Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), Wednesday November 21, 2007. )LeadersThe Chairperson is Manzoor Hussain Parwana, the Secretary General isGhulam Shehzad Agha. The both polotical leadres belong to Baltistan,Pakistan controled part of Ladakh (J&K)
Referencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan_United_Movement
 
GILGIT BALTISTAN UNITED MOVEMENTSkarud Baltistan
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HR Day observed as “Black Day” in Gilgit Baltistan
The political parties and civil society organizations of Gilgit Baltistanobserved the International Human Rights Day as “Black Day” under theauspices of Gilgit Baltistan United Movement at Skardu on December 10,2007.Lawyers, political leaders, human rights activists, students and people fromdifferent sections of society participated in the event. They called for endingthe more than 60 years long and on going colonial rule of Islamabad fromGilgit Baltistan so called Northern Areas of Pakistan.Addressing to the gathering Manzoor Hussain Parwana, Chairman GilgitBaltistan United Movement speak out that the natives of Gilgit Baltistan havefaced to the worst human rights abuses on the globe for last six decades. Wehave no state, no citizenship, no economic development, no constitution nohuman rights no independent media and no free judiciary. We are truly under de facto administration of Pakistan.Parwana vowed to continue struggle for autonomous state of Gilgit Baltistantill the decision of Kashmir dispute.Syed Hyder Shah Rizvi of Balawaristan National Front said that Gilgit Baltistanproblem is not only political it is a humanitarian issue. The people of GilgitBaltistan should focus on the genuine issues of the region instead of demanding for packages and constitutional rights under Pakistani control.Pakistan itself is without constitution then how it will give us constitutionalrights.IssuedManzoor Hussain ParwanaChairman, Gilgit Baltistan United Movement (GBUM)Skardu BaltistanDate : December 10,2007
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