PoGB faces protests over severe flour shortage, citizens call for increased supply

Sep 17, 2024

Gilgit, PoGB, 17 September 2024: - In reaction to the Food Department's decision to provide only 6.4 kg of flour per person per month, the Awami Action Committee and local residents in Gilgit City organized symbolic protests, blocking roads at multiple sites across Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. They demanded an increase to 10 kg of flour per person per month and called for the fulfillment of basic and essential se