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JAMMU & KASHMIR,PAKISTAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR  AND NORTHERN AREAS

AREA OF J & K

TOTAL AREA.                            2,22,236 Sq Kms.

AREA UNDER ILLEGAL              78,114 Sq Kms.

OCCUPATION OF

PAKISTAN.

AREA ILLEGALLY CEDED 

TO CHINA BY PAKISTAN.          5,180 Sq Kms.

AREA UNDER ILLEGAL

OCCUPATION OF CHINA          37,555 Sq Kms.

AREA UNDER EFFECTIVE 

CONTROL OF INDIA.                101,387 Sq Kms  

PAKISTAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR 

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) or Azad Kashmir as Pakistan calls it,is supposed to be a separate & independent entity,but is kept under firm iron fists of Pakistani control -lest the Kashmirs (from POK) start seeking independence.  It has been given the status of a country by giving it a President,a Prime Minister & a Legislature of its own.

According to Karachi Agreement,April 28 ,1948 between Pakistan,POK & the Muslim Conference,Pakistan was entrusted the responsibility of Defence,Foreign Policy,Rehabilitation of Refugees,Negotiations with UNCIP & coordination of all affairs relating to Gilgit & Ladakh. The residual powers were kept open to interpretation which included administration & publicity with regard to its own activities like plebiscite.The Karachi Agreement institutionalized the subservience of POK to Pakistan.All that happens in Pakistan has direct repercussion on POK for furtherance of Pakistan's requirements.For instance,Mangla Dam in POK supplies electricity to Pakistan with no or nominal royalties.

The Constitution of POK clearly spells out a road map leading to accession of the POK to Pakistan as evident                       in the undermentioned clauses of the AJK( POK) Constitution.

PART- 2 SECTION -7.   States " No person or political party in AJK(POK) shall be permitted to propagate against , or take part in activities prejudicial or detrimental to the ideology of the States accession to Pakistan".  

PAKISTANI CAVEAT.  On the right of free speech for AJK       ( POK)

OATH OF PRESIDENT/PM/SPEAKER/MLA/MLC ETC.  " I will remain loyal to the country and the cause of accession of the State of Jammu & Kashmir to Pakistan".

ISLAMABAD & RAWALPINDI. Both enjoy executive authority.

To sum it up ,it would suffice here to state that Pakistan retains all vital powers in relation to POK through the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs with regard to issues mentioned above & to almost every other issue pertaining to POK,& in addition,to legislation,appointments,general policy relating to heavy financial commitments,public debts & loans,taxes,civil supplies & so on.

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