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List of disputed territories of Pakistan
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There are several disputed territories of Pakistan. A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more states or over the possession or control of land by a new state and occupying power after it has conquered the land from a former state no longer currently recognized by the new state. Pakistan now faces territorial issues with two of its neighbors - China and India. Major disputes India India has captured some parts of Pakistan, such as Jammu and Kashmir (since 1947), Gurdaspur (since 1947), Delhi (since 1947), and Siachen Glacier (since 1984), but India has claimed, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan belongs to it. Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is an occupied state, since 1947, it was an Muslim majority state of Pakistan, but India occupied it. Delhi Delhi was an Muslim majority state, before partition. Gurdaspur When Pakistan was becoming independent, Gurdaspur, Fazilka district, Firozpur district and Pathankot district had got to Pakistan, but Edwina Mountbatten gave it to India, by deception. Minor disputes China In an agreement with Pakistan, China had occupied some parts of Pakistan by deception. Aksai Chin Aksai Chin is an Chinese part of Jammu and Kashmir, but Pakistan gave itself to China, in an agreement. Trans-Karakoram Trans-Karakoram is an Chinese part of Jammu and Kashmir, but Pakistan gave itself to China, in an agreement. See Also
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