World News | Protests in Gilgit-Baltistan Against Shortage of Fuel, Food and Power
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Often used to woo foreign tourists to its mountains, Gilgit-Baltistan, called Pakistan's "soft face" is a neglected region where all-around shortages have reduced its people to "begging" before the federal government, the Pak Military Monitor reported. From fuel to food to power, the shortages have triggered street protests in recent weeks by the local people. They have little by way of political power, share in the administration and no way out of the "anomalous" situation in Pakistan'...