Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 27: Hardline Hurriyat faction chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani today urged the Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief to desist from merging Gilgit Baltistan into the Pakistan.
In a letter addressed to Nawaz, Geelani said the merger of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan will prove a disaster for the disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir and this act will impact the disputed status of this region.
“Ending the international constitutional status of the State will end the Kashmir issue and it will create doubts in the minds of common people of the State,” he wrote in the letter. The separatist politician said Pakistan should concentrate over the citizen rights, development and prosperity of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan and should address their issues.
Geelani termed the Gilgit-Baltistan as integral part of the Jammu and Kashmir and said the reports of Pakistan’s plan to merge it with the country made him uneasy. “My health is not keeping well since last few days and the doctors have advised me for complete rest but I am writing these few lines despite being in bed because the reports about the Gilgit-Baltistan have made me uneasy and this forced me to pick up the pen,” the 87-year old separatist said in his letter.
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