ISLAMABAD: Almost a year after an announcement made by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) during the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) election, Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally approved a draft summary for making GB a provisional province of the country. The law minister had forwarded the recommendations to the prime minister to make GB a provisional province through constitutional amendments. The proposed Article 258-A, which confers provisional provincial status to GB, has further been amended. The draft summary would now be submitted to the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly for approval. According to a source, the PM has approved the draft summary after a meeting with the GB chief minister and directed the GB government to get it approved from the provincial assembly.

Source: Pakistan Today September 13, 2021 16:30 UTC