Gilgit Baltistan witnesses public outrage against unprecedented inflation, unemployment

Dec 21, 2021

Ghizer, Gilgit Baltistan, 21 December 2021: - Unprecedented inflation and a sharp uptick in the unemployment rate in the illegally occupied Gilgit Baltistan have triggered massive protests across different districts of the region. Hundreds of locals took to the streets of Ghizer district to demonstrate against the government which they accused made false promises during the election campaign and has now unleashed a multi-layered economic crackdown on the natives. Subsidy on a number of items has been lifted, the Inflation rate has gone through the roof and unemployment is on a historic high.