evidence: Because the 2018 Order’s inclusion of Gilgit-Baltistan as a quasi-province contradicted the region’s status as a disputed territory since 1948, and challenged India’s claims of sovereignty over the entire Kashmir region, the State of India described the Order as illegal and made multiple demands for its dissolution. It was only when it became abundantly clear that regional and national-level protests would continue, and potentially grow in strength and reach, that federal authorities agreed to suspend the Order on June 21st. The stay was temporary, however. On August 8, the Supreme Court of Pakistan reinstated the Order, arguing it was necessary to fulfil the state’s promise to ensure that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan have the same respect and rights as all others, no matter its failure to see through the constitutional amendments needed to actualize and guarantee the same. Ultimately, India’s 2019 revocation of Article 35A of the Indian Constitution has a precedent west of the Line of Control.