Gilgit-Baltistan Elections — Fact Sheet 2020

16^th October 2020 | Irtaza Muhammad

Introduction
Gilgit -Baltistan (GB) is an autonomous region located in the Northern part of Pakistan with a separate government and electoral system. The region was a part of the former princely State of Jammu & Kashmir. Gilgit- Baltistan covers an area of 72,971 square kilometers with an estimated population of 1.5 million.

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A case for Local Bodies System in AJ&K

16^th October 2020 | Ahmad Saleem
The interpretation of Rousseau’s concept of the social contract has been tremendously distorted and disfigured in its arduous journey from the plains of Western Europe to the mountains of Kashmir. Pakistan witnessed its first appearance of Local Governments (LGs) through the ideals of Ayub Khan, who had setup the Basic Democracies (BD) system to serve as the Electoral College.

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Track II; inevitably, we shall also see the day

Qaiser Khan
For our elder generations, partition was an inevitable event that happened in the heat of the moment and gave birth to the two dominions of India and Pakistan.

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Exploring the ‘track’ less traveled by

Ayesha Gardazi
If an outsider were to walk into that hall with no idea of what was going on there, he would have mistaken that group from two supposed enemy countries for a bunch of old friends meeting after ages.

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