Pakistan government discriminating Gilgit-Baltistan in fight against COVID-19

Apr 07, 2020

Gilgit (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) April 7, 2020 (ANI): Information Minister of Gilgit Baltistan, Shams Mir, slammed Pakistan government. He alleges Islamabad of discrimination against GB in fight against COVID-19. The region didn’t receive its share from $200 million aid received by Pakistan from the World Bank. Gilgit Baltistan has registered 211 COVID-19 positive cases. Bordering China, Gilgit Baltistan is prone to COVID-19 pandemic. A large number of Chinese workers, engineers and security guards work here in CPEC projects. Coronavirus cases in Pakistan have sharply increased to 3,864.