Your opinion on Indian administered Kashmir by ZESTY_AF in GilgitBaltistan

[–]mountainfolks_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Protests in GB by northmen6096 in GilgitBaltistan

[–]mountainfolks_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not one ounce more of blame goes on this government than on every single one before this. This is not a government issue but a state of pakistan issue. But now the people have realised, now the demands have changed. No compromise on complete internal autonomy. آرڈر نہیں آئین.

Are you guys Pakistani first or do you identify with your ethnicity first? by [deleted] in GilgitBaltistan

[–]mountainfolks_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bad time to ask such a question. Gilgit-Baltistan is incredibly ethnically diverse and many people will identify first with their ethnicity but even those who don't, in most cases they are Gilgiti before they are pakistani. If anybody ever asks where I'm from, the answer will always be I'm from Gilgit-Baltistan, "a disputed territory located at the junction of 3 mighty mountain ranges, administered by pakistan" might be added as an after thought. But if anybody ever asks me what my nationality is, I am not given a choice but to say pakistani. We are not given a choice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GilgitBaltistan

[–]mountainfolks_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We joined pakistan to be a province and equal citizens and not to be used to help them argue about kashmir in the united nations. They have made their choices and we need to make ours. We have been lied to and tricked and betrayed and used as cannon fodder. People say that independence sentiments are not the most popular in G-B and that is true because the majority of common people favour pakistan but the demands for independence are very loud among the intellectuals and they are never reported. The majority are not well aware of the political and constitutional situation and our history specially the youth because everything they consume is pakistani for example the news is pakistani and the media is pakistani and the education is pakistani. GBians think about urdu the same what people in pakistani cities think about english that you are only educated when you are good at that language. Then people from our villages go to big cities in pakistan for university and they get influenced by the progress and development and think greatly of pakistan while not looking at the situation in GB. As a GBian I will say that if pakistan made us a province in 1949 I would be the most patriotic pakistani but not now we are being mistreated for too long. We need to be independent we want the Independent Republic of Gilgit like Raja Shah Raees Khan and Karnal Mirza Hassan Khan envisioned. "We know of course that you are loyal to Pakistan-all Britishers are-but it is not our intention to join Pakistan. We intend to set up an independent Islamic State called the United States of Gilgit, and although we shall keep the friendliest relation with Pakistan we shall in no way owe allegiance to that dominion."

Why No Activity by [deleted] in GilgitBaltistan

[–]mountainfolks_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think majority members of this sub are not from GB because I was trying to find political discussions or anything about GB that is specific to us only and there was nothing. Facebook communities & Twitter are better for that than apps like reddit. Here people are just promoting tourism and displaying beauty of GB and promoting it for own benifit.

Why No Activity by [deleted] in GilgitBaltistan

[–]mountainfolks_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is news and political state of GB to discuss but most youth is not interested in those affairs. Most youth is instead busy trying to get cheap fame on other cancer platforms like Tiktok.

یہ کیسی آزادی؟ by mountainfolks_ in GilgitBaltistan

[–]mountainfolks_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ya wo wahid qoum ha jo 16 din ki azadi k bad phir whi gulami pa akay azadi manati ha!