The Balawaristan movement exists more in the Indian newsmedia than in reality. There isn’t a shred of evidence to suggest that most people of Gilgit-Baltistan want independence from Pakistan…the BNF itself says that they’re happy to remain in Pakistan if they’re granted proper representation in government (a more than legitimate demand).
I worked in Azad Kashmir & the Northern Areas after the earthquake. I’ve met people from Gilgit who, to this day, proudly speak of how their grandparents managed to expel the Dogra/Indian forces and raise Pakistani flags over their villages. You Indians always seem to forget the fact that the parts of the state currently under Pakistani control actually rebelled in favor of Pakistan in 1947, and fought tooth and nail to keep India out.
you meet people of Gilgit, Kashmiri or Talibani using your Indian or Pakistani passoport it doesn’t matter, first listen to their chief here and never say that they are happy or independent, even **UN **will listen to them not you :nono: