Gilgit-Baltistan: Tehreek-e-Islami Gilgit-Baltistan announced the beginning of protest demonstrations in January in response to rising wheat prices as well as other regional problems. Every social, religious, and political group in Gilgit-Baltistan is opposing the government’s decision to increase the price of wheat and stop subsidising it. The Islamabad-controlled local government has, however, asserted that price … Continue reading Gilgit-Baltistan: People unite, continue wheat subsidy protests