Highlights
The rigging was done with the support of Pakistani Army.
It was done after the unilateral move of declaring G-B as the ‘provisional province’ of Pakistan.
The world very recently witnessed the rigging of elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) by Imran Khan s PTI with the support of Pakistani Army after the unilateral move of declaring G-B as the ‘provisional province’ of Pakistan. Turning eyes from ongoing protests in G-B, Pakistani government has now started to make preparations for rigging the elections in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), to be held early next year.
The first jolt to the electoral system of the region has been made at the institutional level. The government recently introduced the The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Elections Act 2020 amidst intense protests by rights groups and activists working for liberation of PoJK from the Pakistani government. The Act imposes blanket restrictions on dissidents who wish to contest elections at multiple l