Protest leaders in Gilgit Baltistan warn Pakistan to stop anti people policies otherwise they will march toward Islamabad to make a sit-in protest in front of the UN. He said, Gilgit Baltistan is not constitutional part of Pakistan but part of Kashmir where people have yet to decide their future.

SKARDU 

UKJ News 6Jan: Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan, the part of Jammu and Kashmir under Pakistan control, continue for the 8th consecutive day over unfair taxes, and land grabbing.

The local and Pakistani media are not allowed to cover the event where citizen journalism is at play and the participants by themselves making videos of speeches and processions and uploading on social media. 

The videos on Twitter show hundreds of thousands participated in the protest from all across Gilgit-Baltistan in spite of the temperature being minus in the area. 

It is continued for the eighth consecutive day at Skardu city against illegal land occupation surge in electricity prices and unfair taxes in the region by the authorities.

They are also demanding to open the natural routes between Gilgit Baltistan and Jammu and Kashmir including Skardu-Kargil Road, as it was before 1947. The forced partition of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and depriving its people of their ancient routes to travel and trade is affecting people's life very badly for the last 75 years.