Context: Pakistan’s government has acknowledged before the Islamabad High Court that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir ( PoK ) is a foreign territory.
About PoK:
- PoK was historically part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which acceded to India in 1947 after the Partition.
- It consists of two ethnically and linguistically different regions: Mirpur-Muzaffarabad region and Gilgit-Baltistan region.
- However, the region was illegally occupied by Pakistan in 1947 following an invasion by Pashtun tribesmen and the Pakistani Army.
Source: WION
