‘Will go to Kargil’: What’s going on in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan?

It’s turbulent times for Pakistan. India’s neighbouring country is facing all types of trouble; it’s politics is in doldrums and its economy is in the dumps. As the country tries to tackle its problems, the country is also facing mass protests in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan and calls from people to leave the nation in lieu of Kargil.

What’s going on there? Why are people threatening to leave for India? What does this mean for the crisis-ridden country? Here’s what we know.

Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan region

On social media, mostly now-rebranded X, videos have been emerging of people in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region carrying out mass protests and chanting slogans against the nation.

In one of the videos on social media (none of them have been verified), people in the region of Skardu collected in large numbers and protested against the Pakistani authorities and chanted slogans against the country. One of the leaders of the protest can be heard threatening that they would ‘break down the doors and move to Kargil”.

Protest in Skardu to merge Gilgit-Baltistan with India:

Protests in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan’s Skardu have turned violent. The local population has threatened the Govt of Pakistan to release their leaders immediately, or else they will start a civil war and merge GB… pic.twitter.com/7zbIb69TvB

— Frontalforce