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Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Ministry of Kashmir Affairs, Gilgit-Baltistan, and States and Frontier Regions.
1974–present
In 2009, the Northern Areas were formally renamed to Gilgit-Baltistan, and the MKANA was correspondingly renamed to the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan (MoKGB). Europe's foremost think tanks have asserted that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is infringing upon the human rights of the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan, a contested territory traversed by the highway. Furthermore, the construction of CPEC is inflicting significant ecological harm on the region.