PoK/ Gilgit, September 22, 2015:- Pakistan has been plundering resources of the twin regions of Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir, and transferring it to other provinces. To expose Pakistan’s illegal activities, national students federation recently held a protest demonstration. Pakistan’s oppressive policies in Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir have affected people of these regions for many years. It has been looting the natural resources for its own use which has led to poverty and unemployment in both regions. Recently, a protest was organised by the National Students Federation in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir against Pakistan China Economic Corridor. The federation members alleged that Pakistan was giving a free hand to China in Gilgit Baltistan by allowing it to use resources without paying any royalty to the people of the mountainous region. The protesters also alleged that Pakistan was diverting natural as well as other resources of the twin regions of Gilgit Baltiatan and PoK to other major cities of the country. They also demanded that the rights of the Neelam Jhelum hydropower project and Mangla Dam should be given back to the local residents. Pakistan has entered into an economic corridor agreement with China, which passes through Gilgit Baltistan. The ambitious plan was given a go-ahead despite opposition from people. A part of the erstwhile princely state of India’s Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and PoK have been illegally occupied by Pakistan for over six decades now.
