PM Khan green lights finalisation of development package for GB.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Friday green-lighted finalisation of the development package for Gilgit-Baltistan(GB), media reported.

After approval from the premier, Federal Minister Asad Umar, Chief Minister GB Khalid Khursheed jointly chaired a meeting summoned to discuss the development package for the region.

As per details of the package, projects related to energy, infrastructure and tourism will be focused, while the development of youth, education, IT, communications sectors are also on the priority list.

Improvement in the hospitals, industrial sector, agriculture, livestock and others are also on the cards.

Yesterday, Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Asad Umar had said that a joint...

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