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Pakistan: Baba Jan sentenced to life, barred from Gilgit-Baltistan by-election

Protest against sentencing of Baba Jan at his native village, Nasirabad, in Hunza on June 12. Photo: Awami Workers Party.
Jailed socialist candidate Baba Jan and supporters outside the Supreme Court at Gilgit on 22 May.

Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan byelection postponed due to mass support for jailed socialist

The voice from prison of Baba Jan, social activist and president of the Awami Workers Party (AWP) Gilgit-Baltistan, appears to be so frightening tothe Pakistan Muslim League/Nawaz (PMLN) government of Pakistan that it is using state machinery against Baba Jan's latest election bid from prison.