TNPSC Thervupettagam

Gilgit-Baltistan

November 5 , 2020 1391 days 850 0
  • Pakistan is planning to accord provincial status to the “Gilgit-Baltistan”.
  • India slammed Pakistan’s attempt to convert Gilgit-Baltistan as the fifth province of the country
  • India has clarified that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, include the area of Gilgit-Baltistan.
  • It shares a geographical boundary with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and India considers it as part of the UT of Ladakh.
  • It borders China in the North, Afghanistan in the west and Kashmir in the south east.
  • China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passes through this region.

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