The federal minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) informed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif about the development on Wednesday due to concerns that a food crisis may arise in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) due to the shortage of wheat.
The minister had warned the prime minister, according to the channel’s sources, that if the situation persisted, it might result in a breakdown of law and order in the region.
The sources added that the minister had informed the prime minister that the federal government was providing less wheat to Great Britain than its allotted quota.
The minister compelled PM Shehbaz to provide the territory with 13, 333 tonnes of wheat in accordance with its quota.
Similarly, the sources disclosed, that the prime minister had also been demanded to order the release of wheat in order to meet the shortfall of 25,480 tonnes between July 2022 and January 2023.
Moreover, they added, the minister had also demanded additional funds of over Rs6 billion for the territory.
The federal government has set a quota of 160, 000 tonnes of wheat for GB during the ongoing financial year.
And if the commodity was supplied in this quantity, the shortfall would reach 36 tonnes by the end of the current year, the sources added.
