The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to tackle and address the 'sense of deprivation' being faced by the people of Gilgit-Baltistan.
The statements were released in a report made by the HRCP after it concluded its fact-finding mission in the region, and comprised Salima Hashmi, Muzaffar Hussain, Ghazi Salahuddin and Israruddin.
Speaking at a press conference at the press club on Wednesday, journalist Ghazi Salahuddin said there was a serious deterioration of human rights in the Gilgit-Balistan area, and said that the Islamabad's failure to properly integrate GB with the rest of the country was being condemned by political workers, rights activists, lawyers and religious leaders.
Groups in GB that were contacted by the HRCP fact-finding mission were of the opinion that GB should preferably be given a 'provisional provincial status', or, as a last resort, be given an autonomous system of governance like Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
The mission also met with political leaders who were desirous of GB being included in the soon to begin plan for electoral reforms, according to Salahuddin, who added that GB cannot reap the benefits of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project because of its disputed status.
The mission also discovered that the federal government had failed to compensate or rehabilitate the victims of the 2010 Attabad Lake disaster.
The statements were released in a report made by the HRCP after it concluded its fact-finding mission in the region, and comprised Salima Hashmi, Muzaffar Hussain, Ghazi Salahuddin and Israruddin.
Speaking at a press conference at the press club on Wednesday, journalist Ghazi Salahuddin said there was a serious deterioration of human rights in the Gilgit-Balistan area, and said that the Islamabad's failure to properly integrate GB with the rest of the country was being condemned by political workers, rights activists, lawyers and religious leaders.
Groups in GB that were contacted by the HRCP fact-finding mission were of the opinion that GB should preferably be given a 'provisional provincial status', or, as a last resort, be given an autonomous system of governance like Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
The mission also met with political leaders who were desirous of GB being included in the soon to begin plan for electoral reforms, according to Salahuddin, who added that GB cannot reap the benefits of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project because of its disputed status.
The mission also discovered that the federal government had failed to compensate or rehabilitate the victims of the 2010 Attabad Lake disaster.