–Premier holds meeting with lawmakers from GB to finalise draft ordinance–Government to withdraw review appeal in SC against GB Ordinance, 2019ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is all set to introduce another presidential ordinance related to governance in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). The new ordinance is an amended version of the GB Ordinance, 2019, which was approved by the Supreme Court (SC) in January last year. As the GB Ordinance 2019 was in limbo, the GB Governance Order, 2018, which was introduced by the previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, was being implemented in the region. Subsequently, the apex court started hearing the matter and after a number of hearings asked the government to implement GB Ordinance, 2019 within 15 days. However, the centre soon filed an appeal against the ordinance and continued the implementation of the GB Governance Order, 2018.

Source: Pakistan Today January 29, 2020 16:07 UTC