Deedar Karim

China’s investments in Gilgit-Baltistan and an all-weather partnership with Pakistan seem to have superseded the decades-long demands of the locals in Pakistan’s decision to grant provincial status to the region.

Electricity in Gilgit Baltistan is rare to be seen in winter and during summers, floods wreak havoc and damage the power supply infrastructures in this mountainous region.

Since its resurgence a few years ago, the TTP has strengthened its bases in Afghanistan to attack Pakistan — especially in areas where the Taliban’s territorial influence as an insurgency was significant.