Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday announced a five-year development package worth Rs370 billion for Gilgit-Baltistan during his visit to the area.
Addressing a ceremony in GB, the prime minister said that the government was starting with a package worth Rs370bn to be spent over five years and that never before had such an amount been spent in the area. "We will keep helping you," he added.
The prime minister said that he had been waiting a "long time" to bring such a package for GB "which could bring development in actual terms to the region".
He said that at the moment, Pakistan didn't have enough resources — which he hoped it would have in the future — and there was demand from people all over Pakistan for money and government help so despite all that, "bringing a package like this I think is a very big achievement for Pakistan and GB."
