ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rasheed on Sunday strongly rebutted rumours about abolishment of wheat subsidy for Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
The minister, in a statement, said that these baseless rumours were being spread by some elements to get votes in the GB.
The Federal Government, he said, would continue wheat subsidy for Gilgit Baltistan and for the purpose
it had allocated Rs 6.045 billion in the budget 2015-16.
