TTP leaders openly say that their group seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan that would require the overthrow of the Pakistani Government, The research group reported.
In the name of political empowerment, successive Pakistani governments have only given cosmetic reforms to the region. It is the Prime Minister-led Gilgit Baltistan council and not the GB Legislative Assembly that exercises de facto control over the region.
Ship agents have warned the Pakistani government that all export cargoes could stop as foreign shipping lines are considering halting their services for Pakistan after banks stopped remitting freight charges to them for lack of dollar availability, the Dawn reported.
The TTP and the Pakistani government announced the ceasefire in June this year. In recent weeks, Pakistan has witnessed a resurgence of militancy in northwest Pakistan.
The occupied region of Gilgit-Baltistan, which has been the victim of exploitation of its legitimate rights, natural resources, and land by successive Pakistani governments over the last decades, is virtually starving and shivering with unbearable cold because of acute shortage of wheat flou
During the conference, the World Sindhi Congress urged international institutions including the United Nations to file a "case of ecocide" against the Pakistani government in local and international courts.
Xi called it "important" to accelerate the construction of auxiliary infrastructure for Gwadar Port to showcase its role in pushing interconnected development in the region.