Constitutional Impasse in Gilgit-Baltistan (Jammu and Kashmir): the Fallout
ISSN: 0970-0161 (Print) 1754-0054 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsan20 Constitutional Impasse in Gilgit-Baltistan (Jammu and Kashmir): The Fallout Senge H. Sering To cite this article: Senge H. Sering (2010) Constitutional Impasse in Gilgit-Baltistan (Jammu and Kashmir): The Fallout, , 34:3, 354-358, DOI: 10.1080/09700161003658998 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09700161003658998 Published online: 11 May 2010. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 244 View related articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rsan20 Strategic Analysis Vol. 34, No. 3, May 2010, 354–358 RSAN0970-01611754-0054Strategic AnalysisAnalysis, Vol. 34, No. 3, March 2010: pp. 0–0 COMMENTARY Constitutional Impasse in Gilgit-Baltistan (Jammu and Kashmir): The Fallout StrategicSenge H. AnalysisSering Senge H. Sering he legal status of Gilgit-Baltistan, which is part of Jammu and Kashmir that is Tunder Pakistani occupation, has remained undefined in successive Pakistani con- stitutions. Pakistan governs the region with ad hoc presidential ordinances, resulting in transitory political arrangements. It was Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who first introduced the so-called Northern Areas Governance Order of 1994, after shelving the draconian and inhumane Frontier Crimes Regulation, with which Pakistan ruled the region like a colony. With some amendments, the same ordinance was later renamed the Legal Framework Order by President Musharraf in 2007 and more recently as the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order by the Zardari regime. The term ‘self-governance’ in the current ordinance is coined as a strategic move to defuse pressure of rights organisations.
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