{"id":72525,"date":"2018-10-15T20:55:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T15:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=72525"},"modified":"2018-10-21T23:23:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T18:23:18","slug":"supreme-court-seeks-sartaz-aziz-committees-report-on-gilgit-baltistans-constitutional-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2018\/10\/15\/supreme-court-seeks-sartaz-aziz-committees-report-on-gilgit-baltistans-constitutional-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court seeks Sartaj Aziz Committee\u2019s report on Gilgit-Baltistan\u2019s constitutional future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nISLAMABAD:\u00a0<\/strong>The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the federal government to submit a report prepared by a committee under the leadership of Sartaj Aziz, former Prime Minister\u2019s advisor on foreign affairs regarding the constitutional and administrative future of the Gilgit-Baltistan region.<\/p>\n<p>The report was sought during the hearing of constitutional petition 55\/2018, filed by a Dr. Abbas, and the Gilgit-Baltistan Bar Council. The constitutional petition seeks the Supreme Court\u2019s judgement on the future of Gilgit-Baltistan, based on a 1999 verdict of the august court, which had directed the then federal government to extend full citizenship rights to the citizens of Gilgit-Baltistan. A number of other cases related to Gilgit-Baltistan are also being heard jointly, and simultaneously, because they are of the same nature.<\/p>\n<p>A seven-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Ejaz-ul-Hasan, Jastice Umer Atta Bandiyal, Justice Maqbool Baqir, Justice Gulzar Ahmad, and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan, is hearing the case, under the leadership of Chief Justice Saqib Nisar.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, counsel Salman Akram Raja said that Gilgit-Baltistan has no relationship with Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ejaz-ul-Hassan said that if India can give \u2018provisional setup\u2019 the Indian Occupied Kashmir, why can\u2019t Pakistan do the same in Gilgit-Baltistan?<\/p>\n<p>The next hearing of the constitutional petition will be heard on the first of November, a day celebrated across Gilgit-Baltistan in memory of the one-year long war that led to the end of Dogra occupation of the now Gilgit-Baltistan region.<\/p>\n<p>The Gilgit-Baltsitan Bar Council is being represented by Salman Ikram Raja, assisted by Advocate Javed Ahmad and Advocate Javed Iqbal of the GB Bar Council.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD:\u00a0The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the federal government to submit a report prepared by a committee under the leadership of Sartaj Aziz, former Prime Minister\u2019s advisor on foreign affairs regarding the constitutional and administrative future of the Gilgit-Baltistan region. The report was sought during the hearing of constitutional petition 55\/2018, filed by a 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