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Is Azad Kashmir controlled by Pakistan?
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is nominally a self-governing state, but ever since the 1949 ceasefire between Indian and Pakistani forces, Pakistan has exercised control over the state without actually incorporating it into Pakistan.
Can Kashmir be a part of Pakistan?
The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a single administrative unit called Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly Northern Areas).
Is it safe to visit Pakistan for Indian?
Pakistan – Level 3: Reconsider Travel. Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence. Do not travel to: Balochistan province and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, including the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), due to terrorism and kidnapping.
Why are pro- independence groups in Azad Kashmir mobilising rapidly?
Since the Indian repression in besieged Kashmir increased manifold following New Delhi’s draconian move on August 5, major pro-independence political groups in Azad Kashmir, which has as a nominally self-governing jurisdiction over four million people, have fast mobilised.
Should Pakistan-administered Kashmiris cross the LOC?
On two different occasions in the recent past, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the people of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, which is locally called Azad Kashmir, that they should not cross the contentious Line of Control (LoC) and enter the other side of Kashmir, held by India since 1947.
Will Islamabad support Kashmir’s Right to self determination?
Although Islamabad has always supported Kashmir’s UN-sanctioned Right to Self Determination, it has also been wary of Kashmiri nationalism that envisions a state free from both India and Pakistan.
Is Kashmir becoming a free region?
The nature of armed rebellion in India-administered Kashmir has changed from being one fighting for an independent Kashmir in the early 1990s to one wanting to merge the region with Pakistan. In the last few years, according to some observers, the militancy has once again started to gravitate toward the idea of a free, independent Kashmir.