Pakistan, June 2 -- Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Monday that any new constitutional amendment should provide protection to the rights of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).

"If any constitutional amendment has to be made anywhere, it is very important that the rights of GB are protected under it," Bilawal said while addressing a rally in GB's Shigar ahead of the June 7 elections in the region.

In this connection, he said, "We can take forward their struggle for their right of rule (haq-i-hakimiyat)". For this, the first step would be to hold elections in GB and the rest of Pakistan at the same time, he said.

"When elections are held in Gilgit-Baltistan and the rest of Pakistan at the same time, progress i...