Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly unanimously adopts resolution asking Pakistan govt to make region interim province

• Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly passes unanimous resolution to grant GB status of interim province
• Leader of the House and GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan presents resolution
• Resolution says Pakistan's principled position in light of UN resolutions on the Kashmir issue must be upheld in the amendment

The resolution said GB should be given the status of an interim constitutional province and representation in the National Assembly and other federal bodies.

Leader of the House and GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan presented the resolution in what is being termed a historic moment.

Read more: PM Imran Khan announces granting Gilgit-Baltistan provisional provincial status

It said that Pakistan's principled position in light of UN resolutions on the Kashmir issue must be upheld in the amendment.

In a message on Twitter, the GB chief minister thanked the opposition leader for support.

"The demand for constitutional rights is a unanimous demand of the people of GB, not of an individual/ party only. The unity we've shown on this issue needs to be repeated again at federal level," the GB CM wrote.

Federal Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said this was a historic day for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan. He wrote on Twitter that it was "truly a leap forward".

You can read the resolution below:

Last year, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced granting provisional-provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan as he arrived in the area to attend its 73rd Independence Day celebrations.

"One of the reasons for me coming to Gilgit-Baltistan is to announce that we have decided to grant Gilgit-Baltistan the provisional provincial status," he had said. "We have taken this decision keeping in mind the UN Security Council's resolutions," added the prime minister.