World News | PM Imran Khan Inaugurates Upgraded Skardu Airport to Attract International Tourists to Gilgit-Baltistan Region
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday formally inaugurated the upgraded airport in Skardu to attract foreign tourists to the strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Islamabad, Dec 16 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday formally inaugurated the upgraded airport in Skardu to attract foreign tourists to the strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan region.
India maintains that Pakistan has no locus standi on Gilgit-Baltistan and that it has illegally and forcibly occupied the territory.
The Ministry of External Affairs had earlier said that India “firmly rejects” the attempt by Pakistan to bring material changes to a part of Indian territory which is under Islamabad's “illegal and forcible occupation” and asked the neighbouring country to immediately vacate such areas.
The Pakistan government decided on December 2 to upgrade the status of the domestic aerodrome in Skardu to an international airport.
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“The elevation to an international airport would bring untold changes for the locals,” Prime Minister Khan said.
Khan said that Gilgit-Baltistan was among the most beautiful mountainous regions in the world and tourists would come from all over the world after the upgradation of the airport and improvement of roads.
He also inaugurated the 167-km Jaglot-Skardu road, the main link between Gilgit and Skardu, the two major cities of Gilgit-Baltistan.
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