London, Sept. 18 -- Political analyst and rights campaigner Amjad Ayub Mirza has sharply criticised Pakistan's decision to extend the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) into Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), warning that the measure is intended to suppress local opposition rather than tackle militancy.

Mirza has shared a press release on X, in which he argued that the CTD's deployment is linked to Islamabad's efforts to push through the controversial Mining and Mineral Bill, which has raised widespread concerns over the transfer of local resources to foreign companies.

He stressed that the security move is less about protecting people and more about ensuring there is no resistance to the government's resource policies.

He cite...