Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK or POK) is the name given by India to a portion of Jammu and Kashmir controlled by Pakistan and China. India claims it is being illegally occupied by Pakistan.

Pakistan divided this area into three parts:

1. The Islamic Republic of Azad Jammu & Kashmir,
2. The Northern Areas, which are administered as a de facto 'Union Territory' and as an integral part of Pakistan, and
3. A small part of Northern Areas that was ceded to China by Pakistan in 1963 with the proviso that the settlement was subject to the final solution of the Kashmir dispute.

See also: Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Azad Kashmir, India, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Areas, Pakistan, Pakistan, People's Republic of China