Pakistan rejects India's protests against Gilgit-Baltistan Order
The order is being seen as Islamabad's efforts towards incorporating the disputed region as its fifth province Current Affairs News : Pakistan has rejected India's protests over its latest move on exercising administrative authority on the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region, saying New Delhi's "spurious" claim over Jammu and Kashmir contradicts everything from history to the situation on the ground. Pakistan cabinet on May 21 approved Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 which was also endorsed by the assembly for the region. The order is being seen as Islamabad's efforts towards incorporating the disputed region as its fifth province. India on Sunday summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over Islamabad's latest move, saying any action to alter the status of any part of the territory under its "forcible and illegal occupation" has no legal basis. In a