Gilgit-Baltistan leader seeks help from PM Modi against Pakistani occupation

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Bangkok, Thailand/ 22 October 2016. Gilgit-Baltistan leader Abdul Hamid Khan, Chairman Balawaristan National Front (BNF) has sought help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi against Pakistani occupation of Gilgit-Baltistan. 

"You are the first Prime Minister of India who mentioned PoGB (Pakistan occupied Gilgit Baltistan), besides Balochistan.  Although Balochistan was made a province of Pakistan in 1948, PoGB is constitutional part of India as per the Maharaja of J&K Hari Singh's instrument of accession of 26 Oct 1947. There are seats reserved for the representatives of PoGB in J&K according to the resolution passed by parliament in 1994, which remain vacant," said the letter written by Hamid.

It said that no such legal instrument exists in favour of Pakistan and its Constitution and the  Supreme Court accepts PoGB as a disputed part of J&K, thus proving that PoGB is a constitutional part of India.

"It is a legal and moral obligation of the Indian government to liberate the area and protect the people from the tyranny of Pakistan," said the letter.

"Since 1992, the Balawaristan National Front (BNF) is struggling to emancipate this strategically most important and disputed region, from the occupation of Pakistan...,” read the letter.

Hamid appealed to Prime Minister Modi to provide shelter, safety and security to the people of PoGB, who face death sentences or life imprisonment over false cases by Pakistan.

"It will be a magnificent gratitude on us, if your honour announces the citizens of PoGB who are facing death sentence and life imprisonment to approach any Indian Embassy worldwide, so their lives can be protected in India, because they are Indian citizens legally and constitutionally," Hamid said in the letter. (With ANI inputs)