ISLAMABAD: Following the completion of the election process in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), the government released political prisoners Baba Jan and Iftikhar Hussain Karbalai from Ghahkuch jail of the autonomous region on Friday. According to sources, 11 wrongly convicted prisoners had been released ahead of the election. Baba Jan, a political activist from Hunza, is a member of the Awami Workers Party. When a deadly landslide submerged several villages in Attabad in early 2010, Baba Jan was trying to bring to attention the consequences of climate change and resource exploitation. Despite the victimisation, Baba Jan continued his political activities in the prison, uniting prisoners to demand humane living conditions in jail.

Source: Pakistan Today November 27, 2020 17:30 UTC