Since there is consensus among the people of Gilgit Baltistan, the primary stakeholders, and State of Pakistan to declare GB a provisional province of Pakistan, we may now discuss how it should be done in order to fulfill all legal/constitutional requirements and..

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.. to leave no void in the process.

Step 1: AJK govt, Muslim Conference and Govt of Pak should make necessary amendments in Karachi Agreement and must accept GB's provincial govt as the 'local authority' for the GB. AJK should gracefully surrender its 'claim' over GB..

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... and must accept the sovereign right of the people of GB over the affairs and territory of GB. People of AJK should respect the aspirations and choices of GB.

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GB's provincial assembly must move a resolution in favor of declaring GB a 'provisional'...

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... province of Pakistan. Once it is passed with (greater than) two-third majority, matter must be referred to National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan.

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Step 3: Subsequent resolutions must be tabled in National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan for the amendment in Article 1 of the constitution of Pakistan by including GB as the 'provisional' province of Pakistan - permanency/complete merger to be linked with the...

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... plebiscite/referendum (preferably separate process for each disputed entity of erstwhile Dogra's occupied territories) as per UNSC's resolutions.

Step 4: Govt of Pakistan to officially intimate UNSC about this administrative move with complete assurance that ...

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.... Pakistan still recognizes GB as a disputed territory and it will ensure, through required legislation and its enforcement, that demography of the disputed region stays intact. Meanwhile, Pakistan should also propose an amendment regarding GB to be treated...

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... as separate disputed territory by dissociating it from the J&K (as demanded by the people of GB).