Pakistan’s plan to annex Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan hits snag amid disputed election fallout

A hotly disputed election in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of the wider Kashmir region administered by Pakistan that borders China, has not delivered the mandate for annexation that Prime Minister Imran Khan was hoping for, amid swirling allegations of federal interference in the electoral process.For the first time since Gilgit-Baltistan’s legislative assembly was established in 2009, the party of power in Islamabad has failed to win a clear majority in the region’s elections. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek…