Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
About the Authors
Introduction

1.‘AJK’ and Pakistan: A Relationship of Disenchantment

Politics of ‘AJK’: The Early Phase
The 1970s7Interim Constitution Act, 1974
Government and Politics in ‘AJK’: Post-1974
Politics of Representation14Economy and Hydro-Energy
Dissenting Voices

2.Political Parties in ‘AJK’

All-Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC)
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation League (JKLL)
Jammu and Kashmir People’s Muslim League (JKPML)
United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP)
Jammu and Kashmir National Awami Party (JKNAP)
All-Parties National Alliance (APNA)66AJK Pakistan People’s Party (AJKPPP)
AJK Pakistan People’s Party Shaheed Bhutto (AJKPPPSB)
AJK Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (AJKPML-N)
AJK Muttahida Quami Movement (AJKMQM)84Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)
Jamaat-e-Islami AJK (JIAJK)98Kashmir Voice International (KVI)

3. Gilgit-Baltistan: A Historical Perspective

Introduction
Area and Population
Demography and Religion
Economic Conditions
Karakoram Highway
Tourism Industry
Political History
Political Structure of GBESGO
November 2009 Elections after the Promulgation of GBESGO
Legislative Assembly Elections June 2015
Reactions to GBESGO, 2009
India’s Response136Political Developments
Local Government Act 2014
Sectarianism in Gilgit-Baltistan
The Diamer Bhasha Dam
Challenges
Land Scam
Threat to Buddhist Heritage

4. Political Parties in Gilgit-Baltistan

Pakistan People’s Party Gilgit-Baltistan (PPP-GB)
Pakistan People’s Party Shaheed Bhutto
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-GB (PMLN-GB)
Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-i-Azam-GB (PMLQ-GB)
All-Pakistan Muslim League-GB (APML-GB)
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-GB (PTI-GB)
Islami Tehreek Pakistan (ITP)
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazlur Rehman-GB (JUIF-GB)
Jamaat-e-Islami-GB (JI-GB)165Muttahida Quami Movement-GB (MQM-GB)
Majlis-e-Wahadat Muslimeen Gilgit Baltistan (MWM-GB)
Tanzeem Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (TASWJ)

Balawaristan National Front (BNF)
Balawaristan Students’ National Organisation (BSNO)
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
Karakorum National Movement (KNM)
Gilgit-Baltistan Democratic Alliance (GBDA)
Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement (GBUM)
Gilgit-Baltistan United Alliance (GBUA
Gilgit-Baltistan National Alliance (GBNA)
Awami Workers Party (AWP)
Gilgit-Baltistan National Movement (GBNM)
Gilgit-Baltistan National Congress (GBNC)
0Gilgit-Baltistan Thinker’s Forum (GBTF)181Gilgit-Baltistan Bar Council (GBBC)182Gharib Qaumi Movement (GQM)

5.Demand for Provincial Status in Gilgit-Baltistan: Dilemmas ofthe Pakistan State

Earlier debates on inclusion of ‘AJK’
The demand for representation in G-B
Self-Governance Act of 2009
The Debate (2009-2017)
GB Reforms Order 2018

6. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Gilgit-Baltistan
CPEC and Kashmir Issue

7. Profiles of Prominent Leaders of ‘AJK’ and Gilgit-Baltistan
(A)Prominent Leaders of ‘AJK’211
(B)Prominent Leaders of Gilgit-Baltistan
(C)Some other Leaders and the current Cabinet of Gilgit-Baltistan

Conclusion
Chronology of Developments in PoK with Special Focus on Gilgit-Baltistan Since July 1947

Appendices
I.The Boundary Agreement Between China and Pakistan, 1963
II.Karachi Agreement
III.Simla Agreement, July 2, 1972263IV.‘AJK’ Interim Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, 2018
V.List of Political Parties in ‘AJK’ and Names of the Party Heads and General Secretaries
VI.Presidents/Prime Ministers of ‘AJK’
VII.Members ‘AJK’ Legislative Assembly 2016
VIII.The Northern Areas Council Legal Frame Work Order, 1994(With Amendments)
IX.Gilgit-Baltistan (Empowerment and Self-Governance) Order, 2009
X.Balawaristan National Front
XI.Registered Political Parties of Gilgit-Baltistan with Election Symbols
XII.Electoral Rolls of Gilgit-Baltistan Election 2015
XIII.Members of Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly
XIV. Letters Exchanged Between Yasin Malik and Nawaz Sharif
XV. Pakistan Supreme Court Order on Gilgit Baltistan on January 17, 2019

Map

Bibliography

Index

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