The lives of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan as a complete shutter down and wheel-jam strike was observed against an increase in the subsidised wheat rate and other grievances across the region, as reported by Dawn.
Tens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market. Chaotic scenes are often witnessed as people gather around vehicles pushing each other as the mini-trucks and vans escorted by armed guards go about distributing the flour.