People in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, are compelled to live under severe circumstances, including a shortage of power supply amid a massive economic crisis that has gripped Pakistan .
People have taken to the streets in utter rage to protest the government. As a result, traffic was halted and commuters are experiencing many difficulties. If the uninterrupted electricity supply is not restored, protesters have issued a harsh warning that they will keep the highways blocked during the next demonstrations, local media reported.
This comes as Pakistan faces an economic crisis. Citizens hit by floods and the country’s food crisis have long remained silent witnesses to the failure of leadership at all levels.
People have for the past several months, been protesting against the high-handedness of the army which controls the region like its colony. The army is responsible for large-scale land grabbing and usurping of mineral mines in the region.
China and Pakistan business houses, in the name of China Pakistan Economic Corridor, have been looting the region’s local resources.
Gilgit-Baltistan is currently in a serious financial crisis and seeking the release of funds from the federal government.
Sources told Dawn that the federal government had not released the annual financial development grant of the GB as the region depends on the financial grant of the federal government.