Jammu Tawi, June 13 -- Predicting Pakistan's disintegration, Himachal Pradesh Governor Kavinder Gupta said the ongoing unrest in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) will hasten the collapse of Islamabad's illegal hold over the region.

In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Gupta drew parallels between the current crackdown on protestors in PoJK and Pakistan's 1971 atrocities in East Pakistan that led to the creation of Bangladesh.

"Pakistan will disintegrate on its own and will cease to exist on the world map. Today, every region - be it Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, or Sindh - wants to break away from Pakistan," Gupta said.

Calling the situation in PoJK deeply painful, he added: "The atrocities being committed on people there ...