According to Christopher Snedden, the agreement was very favorable to Pakistan and deprived the Azad Kashmiri of important powers and responsibilities. [3] Navnita Behera, however, says that the joint secretary of the Ministry of Kashmir affairs has acquired the „best claim to be the real head of the Kashmiri government of Azad“ as a result of the agreement. [7] The agreement appears to have been kept secret until the 1990s. It was not reported in the 1949 press articles, the memoirs of Sardar Ibrahim or other sources. It was first revealed in the Azad-Kashmir Supreme Court`s Gilgit and Baltistan (Northern Region) ruling in the 1990s, which states that the agreement „appears to have been executed on April 28, 1949.“ Later, it was published as Annex XVII of the Constitution of Azad Jammu & Kashmir by Judge Syed Manzoor Hussain Gilani in 2008. [1] [2] The people of PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan have suffered decades of discrimination and persecution on the basis of distorted policies and agreements formulated by Islamabad. The first part of the agreement concerned the structure and functioning of the „Civil Administration of the Kashmir Region“ which established the rules applicable to the Government of Azad Kazad. The second part dealt with the financial arrangements by which Pakistan made advances. The third part is entitled „Distribution of functions between the governments of Pakistan, the government of Azad Kazad and the Muslim Conference“. [4] Christopher Snedden says that Azad Kazad`s government and the Muslim Conference accepted the deal because they wanted Azad Kashmir to join Pakistan, which they were expecting soon with the promised referendum. According to him, this relationship resembled that of Pakistan with its other provinces. [6] The Karachi Agreement is an agreement allegedly concluded on April 28, 1949 between the Government of Pakistan and the then Government of Azad Kashmir on relations between Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. He established the division of powers between the two governments as well as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference.
Through the agreement, Azad Kazad Kashmir allowed the Pakistani government to fully control Gilgit-Baltistan (then called the „Northern Territories“) and control defence, foreign policy and communication issues on its own territory. The people of PoK and Gilgit Baltistan are now demanding the immediate abolition of the agreement, with all the rights granted to citizens in letter and spirit. Jamil Maqsood, an official of the United People`s National People`s Party (UKPNP), said in Brussels: „While we are critically analysing the agreement, we are learning that Pakistan has been held responsible for the management of the region, not the development of the region. Not a single point is mentioned about the Pakistani establishment that is developing the region. You took control of a large area and declared 4,000 square miles of independent space (Azad Kashmir), while giving Pakistan control of the 28,000 square miles without supporting the legitimate local administration. „We reject all aspects (of the agreement) indeed, the whole Karachi agreement …