India has strongly opposed the assembly elections to be held on June 7 in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued on Friday that Pakistan’s plan to hold elections in the area which it has illegally and forcibly occupied is completely unacceptable. The Ministry of External Affairs said that the entire Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including Gilgit-Baltistan, is an integral and inalienable part of India. Therefore, Pakistan has no right to run any kind of political process in those areas. Activities like holding elections cannot change the ground reality there. Voting will be held on 24 seats in 10 districts in Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday. It is part of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. However, it is under the control of Pakistan. For this reason, India usually registers objection to every election or political step taken there. Elections are being held in Gilgit-Baltistan after five and a half years. Earlier, elections were held here in November 2020, in which Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won. The tenure here is of 5 years. The assembly elected in 2020 had completed its term in November 2025. According to the rules, new elections were to be held after this, but due to bad weather and administrative reasons, voting could not be held on time. The region receives heavy snowfall during winter, affecting traffic in many areas. For this reason the elections were postponed and later the date of June 7, 2026 was fixed. Second election in Gilgit-Baltistan The administrative system of Gilgit-Baltistan and Pok (which Pakistan calls Azad Jammu and Kashmir) has been different. Pok has its own separate Constitution, President, Prime Minister and Legislative Assembly. Pakistan grants some autonomy to Pok, although real power largely remains with Islamabad. But the situation in Gilgit-Baltistan was different. For several decades from 1947, it was run by Pakistan directly through the federal government. There was neither the status of a province nor full representation in the Parliament of Pakistan. Then in 2009, Pakistan implemented the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order. Under this, assembly elections were held here for the first time and a local government was formed. However, even then the powers of the Assembly were limited and important decisions were taken by the Prime Minister. After this, in 2018, Pakistan implemented Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018. In this, many powers were given to the local assembly and the Chief Minister. That means this is the second election being conducted in Gilgit-Baltistan under ‘Order of 2018’. Assembly elections will be held in PoK on July 27. After Gilgit-Baltistan, assembly elections will be held in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on July 27. PoK has a total of 53 seats in the assembly. Of these, 45 seats are directly elected, while 8 seats are reserved for women, technical experts and religious scholars. The tenure of the assembly in PoK is five years. Earlier in the PoK assembly elections in 2021, Imran Khan’s party (PTI) had formed the government by winning 25 out of 45 seats. After this Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi became the Prime Minister. However, Imran Khan’s government fell in April 2022. This also affected the politics there. Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi resigned in May 2022. After this, PTI itself made Sardar Tanveer Ilyas the new Prime Minister. But in April 2023, the PoK High Court disqualified him in a contempt of court case. After this he lost his post and once again a new Prime Minister had to be elected. After this, Chaudhary Anwarul Haq of PTI became the Prime Minister. But after some time he distanced himself from Imran Khan and PTI and established himself as an independent leader. Later his government continued to function with the support of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Pakistan Peoples Party and other parties. During this period, massive demonstrations also took place in PoK regarding inflation, electricity rates and flour prices. Protests turned violent in several cities in 2024, following which the federal government of Pakistan had to announce subsidies and economic relief packages. 24 seats reserved in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Under the delimitation framework made after the reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, 24 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly are reserved for PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan. Elections are not held on these seats because these areas are currently under the control of Pakistan. Therefore these are kept empty. ——————————– Also read this news… Sacrifice of a buffalo that looked like Trump stopped in Bangladesh: It was auctioned for Eid for three lakh rupees, now sent to the National Zoo. 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