Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement

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The Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement (GBUM) is a political movement, supported by local politicians, that demands a fully autonomous state comprising of Gilgit and Baltistan, also known as the Northern Areas^[1].

Among more practical revendications, the GBUM demands that the Gilgit-Baltistan regions, officially known as the Northern Areas, should be represented in the Kashmir Council of Azad Kashmir and that the Northern Areas Legislative Council should be given the status of a legislative assembly and given similar rights granted to the existing Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly^[2].

1 Claim to recover a past independence
2 Gilgit-Baltistan National Alliance (GBNA)
3 Leaders
4 Flag
5 References
6 Nonpartisan external references

[edit] Claim to recover a past independence

According to the GBUM, the region enjoyed a brief period of independence between November 1, 1947, when the suzerainty of the Dogra rulers of the Kashmir princely state ceased to exist, and November 16-November 21, 1947, when the Pakistani army occupied the region^[3] ^[4].

[edit] Gilgit-Baltistan National Alliance (GBNA)

Before the GBUM, there was a Gilgit-Baltistan National Alliance (GBNA), promoting the same claims, together with the Balawaristan National Front (claiming the independence of a larger political entity, Balawaristan) and the local branches of two Pakistani islamic fundamentalist parties, Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam^[5].

[edit] Leaders

The Chairperson is Manzoor Hussain Parwana, the Secretary General is Ghulam Shehzad Agha. Both belong to Baltistan region, the pakistani controlled part of Ladakh (J&K).Manzoor Hussain Parwana is also a journalist and right activist in Gilgit Baltistan.