ISLAMABAD: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution demanding the status of the interim province for the region. The resolution, which was presented by the leader of the House and GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, stated that Pakistan's principal position in the light of the United Nation's resolutions on the Kashmir issue must be upheld in the amendment.

" Gilgit-Baltistan should be given the status of an interim constitutional province and representation in the National Assembly and other federal bodies," read the resolution. Khurshid Khan later took to Twitter, saying: "GilgitBaltistan Assembly unanimously passed a historic resolution demanding the provision of constitutional rights to the region. I myself presented the resolution in the assembly. I am thankful to the opposition leader for their support..."

 "...And also the members of government for working their best to create consensus. The demand for constitutional rights is a unanimous demand of the people of GB, not of an individual/party only. The unity we've shown on this issue needs to be repeated again at federal level," he said in another tweet.

 The move by the GB Assembly comes in the light of the announcement made by Prime Minister Imran Khan last year, when he had announced granting provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan in his public address during the 73rd Independence Day celebrations. "One of the reasons for me to come to Gilgit-Baltistan is to announce that we have decided to grant Gilgit-Baltistan the provisional provincial status," Khan had announced.

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