Gilgit Baltistan reeling under high inflation

May 19, 2023

Gilgit Baltistan, May 19 (ANI): Gilgit Baltistan is in the grip of acute poverty. The residents are finding it hard to even survive ever since hyper inflation struck the illegally occupied region. The prices of basic needs such as petrol, wheat and other essential commodities have spiralled out of control. The people in the region blame the apathetic government in Gilgit Baltistan for not taking any step to curb inflation. The labour class of the region that has been living on daily wages is out of work and forced to survive in penury. Owing to inflation, contractors in Gilgit Blatistan too are tight handed in absence of any new infrastructure project. The stooge government and the administrators in Gilgit Baltistan are scrambling for higher political positions rather than taking some effective measures to curb inflation in the region. They look more inclined to making their goodwill with their masters sitting in Pakistan-- who would never want any resolutions to the problems of Gilgit Blatistan. Massive anti- government protests are erupting all across the illegally occupied territory against inflation. The economically crumbled Pakistan is however a mute spectator in the scenario where it’s illicit policies and nefarious schemes have yet again failed to appeal masses in the region.