The main issue is Gilgit-Baltistan's constitutional status. Each and every Pakistani government has ignored the region, and it was only considered as a buffer zone, strategic location, vote bank for Kashmir's plebiscite, and most significantly as a military barrack (due to security dilemma),
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): Columnist Shobhaa De on Monday rubbished the claims made by former Pakistan envoy to India Abdul Basit that he had influenced her to write the 2016 article where she "advocated plebiscite" in Kashmir in the aftermath of Burhan Wani's death.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Monday said his comment on demanding "plebiscite in Kashmir" was reported out of context by the media.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan has batted for a plebiscite in Kashmir and questioned the government as to what they are "afraid of".
New York [U.S.A.], September 22 (ANI): Pakistan's First Secretary to the UN again raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, in his address at the United Nations, and asked Afghanistan to eradicate terrorists from its soil.
Islamabad, July 10 (ANI): Pakistan has strongly condemned the continued killing of innocent Kashmiris in India-Occupied-Kashmir and said that solving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is only possible through an impartial plebiscite with the United Nation's support.