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Gilgit-Baltistan may be leased to China’

WASHINGTON, 11 FEB: Seeking to fortify its strategic ties with China amid strains in relations with the USA, Pakistan is considering a proposal to lease the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region to Beijing for 50 years, a US-based think tank has claimed, citing local media.
The Pakistani move is aimed at cementing its all-weather relations with China amid the irreparable rupture in US-Pak ties over the past year, said Middle East Media Research Institute in a report-released yesterday, which was based on news reports in this regard in local Urdu newspapers.
The decision to launch the Pakistan-China Strategic Programme for Gilgit-Baltistan was probably taken during army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s visit to China in January 2012, it said.
A report, titled “Pakistan’s Deteriorating Situation, Strained Relations with America: Deliberation on Leasing Gilgit Baltistan to China for 50 years”, which was published in the Urdu daily Roznama Bang-e-Sahar, reads: “In the backdrop of the deteriorating situation in Pakistan and strained relations with America, deliberations have begun (on a proposal) to hand over Gilgit-Baltistan to China on a 50-year lease”. pti

This is the proverbial case of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
So, to get back Kashmir, Pakistan is giving away Gilgit-Baltistan for leasing is as good as giving it away for they will never get it back from China.
I have said earlier and I repeat, the faster the USA, India and Russia axis is formed the better we will be able to avoid a third World War.
At the rate China is bulldozing everywhere, there is nothing to prevent China from launching the war.