Gilgit, November 17 (ANI): Despite strong and wide spread opposition to the Presidential Ordinance by Pakistan titled Gilgit Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order 2009, election was induced on November 12 in the long suppressed and exploited region of the divided Kashmir state. The reforms package promises to give full internal and political autonomy to Gilgit Baltistan by restructuring the existing legislative set-up which critics say is an old wine in a new bottle.
Although Gilgit-Baltistan does not have representation in the national assembly and Senate, that did not stop the government of Pakistan from collecting direct and indirect taxes from the people, without taking enough care to plough these resources back for development of the region.
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