The Government of India protested through diplomatic channels today against the Government of Pakistan's so called "Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order -2009”.
Pakistan has for the past six decades denied the basic democratic rights to the people in those parts of the state of Jammu and Kashmir under its illegal occupation. The entire state of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India by virtue of its accession
in 1947. The so called "Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order -2009” is yet another cosmetic exercise intended to camouflage Pakistan's illegal occupation.
New Delhi