ISLAMABAD: Cowed-down by the people of AJK’s violent demonstrations GoP has decided on Monday (13th May, 2024) to immediately release Rs. 23 billion in order to fulfill the demand (apropos reversing the decision regarding augmenting the prices of power and flour).
PM Shehbaz Sharif, chaired a special meeting called to ponder over the AJK protests. Following which he ordered immediate release of the amount to contain the people’s unbridled anger that claimed 2 lives (including that of a Sub Inspector).
to details from now on AJK people will get a bag of flour weighing 40 kgs for Rs. 2000 instead of Rs. 3100. Subsidized rates for the power will be: 1-100 units: Rs. 3 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for domestic users.
100-300 units: Rs. 5/kWh for domestic users; 300 units: Rs. 10/kWh for commercial users; More than 300 units: Rs. 6/kWh for domestic users, Rs. 15/kWh for commercial users.
But the long-marchers of the Awami Action Committee (ACC), saying that there were ambiguities in the notification, continued their agitation.
Due to the clashes with the LEA’s in Muzaffarabad one man got injured who later died. Some one hundred people got severely injured while 2 died so far during these protests. Net services have again been suspended.
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