Complete J And K Includes PoK And Gilgit

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday that when India refers to Jammu and Kashmir, it also includes Pakistan-occupied Kashmir PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan, which are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan. General Rawat was delivering a lecture here at the Manekshaw Auditorium.

“When we say Jammu and Kashmir, the complete state of Jammu and Kashmir includes PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan. Therefore, PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan become an occupied territory, a territory that has been illegally occupied by our western neighbor,” he said.

Rawat further said that the PoK area is not under the control of the Pakistani establishment but is being controlled by terrorists and it is for this reason that Pakistan has upped its ante against India after the abrogation of Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.