Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan

Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan
وزارت امور کشمیر و گلگت بلتستان
Agency overview
FormedApril 1949
JurisdictionGovernment of Pakistan
HeadquartersIslamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Employees173 (58 officers, 115 staff members)
Annual budget₨.80 crore (US$5 million) (2018–19)
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Child agencies
  • K & GB Wing
  • Planning Wing
Websitewww.kana.gov.pk
Pakistani-administered Kashmir, highlighted red, shown in relation to the rest of Pakistan[1][2]
Present-day political map of the Kashmir region, showing Indian-administered territories in yellow, Pakistani-administered territories in green and Chinese-administered territories in red (credit: CIA)

The Ministry of Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit-Baltistan (Urdu: وزارت امور کشمیر و گلگت بلتستان, romanized: vizārat-e-umūr kaśmīr va gilgit baltistān; abbreviated as MoKGB) is a ministry of the Government of Pakistan. It handles the regional affairs of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan as both territories of Pakistani-administered Kashmir do not have regular provincial status within Pakistan due to political circumstances revolving around the long-running Kashmir conflict.

  1. ^ "Kashmir territories profile". BBC. 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Kashmir Fast Facts". CNN. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.