GILGIT: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed has said the people of Gilgit-Baltistan enjoy equal rights as enshrined in the country’s constitution.
He stated this while addressing a ceremony after laying the foundation stone of a judicial complex in Jutial Gilgit on Friday evening.
Justice Ahmed said the day was not far when proper provincial status would be awarded to the region.
GB Chief Court Chief Judge Justice Malik Haq Nawaz, Justice Ali Baig, lower court judges, Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid, GB Bar Council Vice-Chairman Malik Shafqat Ali, President Supreme Court of Appeal Bar Association Mohammad Hussain Shehzad and others were present.