Exposing Pakistan’s Exploitation in PoGB

Oct 09, 2025

On the sidelines of the 60th United Nations Human Rights Council session, political activist Sherbaz Khan from Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan(PoGB) has accused Pakistan of systematically exploiting the region’s disputed status while denying its people basic rights and representation. According to Khan, the PoGB Legislative Assembly is merely symbolic; its members have no real power, as a bureaucrat from Islamabad dictates local decisions. Amid poor infrastructure and repeated natural disasters, residents are left to rebuild their own roads and water systems.