New Delhi, June 6 -- India on Friday lodged a strong protest against the Pakistan government's move to hold an election for the legislative assembly in Gilgit-Baltistan, a strategic mountainous region that New Delhi claims as part of the undivided erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistan government plans to hold an election to the 33-member Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on June 7. The polls were originally scheduled for January but were put off because of harsh weather conditions in the region. The external affairs ministry said India lodged a strong protest with Pakistan regarding the holding of "general elections" to the "so-called 'Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly' in the Indian territories illegally and forcibly occupied by Pakistan". Th...