Making Gilgit Baltistan as Province of Pakistan will have serious consequences on the issue of Jammu Kashmir dispute

(London, 14 January 2016)

London branch of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front  (JKLF) has condemned the move by the Pakistani authorities to make Gilgit Baltistan as a constitutional province of Pakistan.

In a statement issued after the meeting of JKLF London Branch, it said that making Gilgit Baltistan as constitutional province of Pakistan will have serious consequences on the long standing issue of Jammu Kashmir dispute. Statement said that such move by Pakistan has no legal, political, official or moral justification whatsoever. By taking this illegal and unjust step, Kashmiris are being forced to consider Pakistan in par with India.

JKLF and people of Kashmir will strongly oppose and resist conspiracies   against the sacred cause of freedom and the fundamental rights of the people from all parts of forcibly divided state of Jammu Kashmir of which Gilgit-Baltistan is an integral part till the end.

The meeting was attended by President of JKLF London Branch Sanawar Hussain, General Secretary Mahmood Faiz, Mahmood Hussain, Javaid Rashid, Tariq Sharif, Nazakat Ali, Iftikhar Sharif, Usman Sharif and other office bearers of JKLF London branch. 

Iftikhar Sharif

Press Secretary,

JKLF London Branch