Awami Action Committee chief commander Ehsan Ali Advocate, in his speech said that no negotiations have been held with the Awami Action Committee and added that the notification being shown is a fraud.
Everything in Gilgit Baltistan continues to remain at a standstill as the protests orchestrated by the general public enter their third consecutive day. Raising their voices against a major price hike and other grievances, Dawn, a major news outlet from Pakistan, reported.
The agitation against the provincial government's plan to raise wheat prices in Gilgit-Baltistan has been intensifying on a daily basis, according to vernacular media, Daily K2.
Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Syed Mehdi Shah called on Pakistan President Arif Alvi and discussed the increase in the prices of subsidised wheat as the residents of the region announced that they would stage marches against the hike today (Saturday), as reported by The Express Tribune.
For the eleventh consecutive day, protests against the surge in wheat prices and the removal of subsidies persisted in various cities across Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PoK), the vernacular media Daily K2 reported.
The Awami Action Committee organised a Gilgit grand Jirga over the wheat price hike and also announced protest sit-ins in all districts, including Gilgit, from January 2.
People in Pak-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan have been protesting for months now. All political, religious and social organisations are demonstrating against the government's decision to increase the wheat price and end subsidies.
All the political, religious, social and nationalist parties and traders' organisations gathered at Yadgar Chowk and protested against the government's decision to increase the price of wheat and end the subsidy.
In response to the increase in wheat prices, the Awami Action Committee and the All-Party Alliance started region-wide protests in Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan on December 21.
The Awami Action Committee in Gilgit Baltistan held a meeting of the core committee and advisory committee at a local hotel in which the action plan was decided to protest against the increase in wheat prices, Pak vernacular media reported.
The Awami Action Committee and the All-Party Alliance have announced a protest movement in the entire Gilgit-Baltistan from December 21 against the surge in the price of wheat and reduction in subsidies, a local Urdu newspaper, DailyK2 reported.