Pakistan: PPP leader asks govt to give GB wheat subsidy

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PPP Central Punjab Secretary General Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has called upon the federal government to restore the wheat subsidy for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan.

He said the PML-N government was a government of the capitalists by the capitalists and for the capitalists.In a statement issued on Sunday, he said that the Gilgit- Baltistan (GB) government had been facing tough resistance from the people who resorted to staging a sit-in.

He said that the wheat subsidy to the people of the region was critical because they could not afford buying expensive staple food.He added that the previous government of the PPP had never even thought of such anti-poor steps and continued the subsidy throughout its period.

Kaira pointed out that the government’s generosity towards the elite had no limit as it had given more than Rs 300 billion exemption in duties and taxes through various SROs to the crony capitalists.

He expressed his dismay over the ignorance of a minister for state who had said that wheat subsidy was not the subject of the federal government. Tanvir Kaira assured the people of Gilgit-Baltistan that the PPP was with them in difficult times and supported their legitimate demand.