ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved a major economic package for the uplift of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), fulfilling the promise made before elections in November last year.
The premier gave go-ahead while chairing a meeting on the Gilgit-Baltistan Integrated Development Plan, which is being dubbed as historic.
The projects related to clean energy, transport and communication, health, infrastructure, water sanitation and tourism are part of the package.
A hint about the package worth billions of rupees was dropped in January this year after Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Asad Umar and GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid jointly chaired the inaugural meeting for the preparation of an…