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At least 11 nationalists were banished for three months from Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday in a bid to forestall a protest demonstration they were planning to hold in the region.

According to sources, the All Parties National Alliance (APNA) had planned to hold a public meeting in Garhi Bagh, Gilgit, to condemn the ‘Karachi Agreement’ of April 28, 1949, under which the administrative control of GB was handed over to the government of Pakistan.

The police raided two hotels in Gilgit at about 3am on Tuesday and took into custody seven nationalist leaders and activists belonging to AJK, whereas the rest were picked up from their residences in the town.

They were removed to the local police station and detained there for three hours. Later, a police vehicle drove them outside the territorial limits of GB and dropped them at Basham in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to make their onward journey on their own.

Those who were banished included APNA chairman Wajahat Hasan Mirza, his younger brother Nadir Hasan Mirza, and Farooq Umar Advocate of Karakoram National Movement from GB; Raja Mazhar Advocate, Sardar Saghir, chairman JKLF (Amanullah group), Professor Abdul Razzaq Khan Khalique, spokesman APNA, Arif Shahid, secretary general National Liberation Front, Sabir Kashmiri, senior vice-chairman JKLF (Rauf Kashmiri group), human rights activists Farooq Niazi and former NSF president Mehmood Baig from AJK.

Later, Shafqat Inqalabi, spokesperson for Balawaristan National Front, was also arrested in Gilgit and sent out for three months.

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ASTORE, Apr 13: Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly, Syed Mehdi Shah Tuesday said the approval of the 18th amendment was a huge success of PPP-led government and other political parties. While talking he said President Zardari had fulfilled the mission of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and he was the true custodian of the Bhutto family.

He said some sections of society were trying to defame the president but they would not be able to succeed in their evil designs.

He further said the approval of the amendment had proven that democracy was flourishing in the country.

Reacting on a statement given by the AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider, he said, those who were saying that GB was part of the Kashmir had forgotten our struggle in 1948 through which we got freedom.

If GB was part of Kashmir, it would have aligned with the State 62 years back, he added.

He rejected the offer of the AJK Prime Minister of becoming third party in Diamer-Bhasha dam.

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