PoGB, Sept. 8 -- Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) Traders Unity Action Committee (TUAC) has strongly condemned recent remarks made by Pakistan's Interior Minister, with its spokesman Abbas Mir accusing the minister of insulting over 22 lakh residents of the PoGB region.

Mir described the minister's statement as "irresponsible, disappointing, and misleading," and warned the federal government that strong action would be taken if their demands are not met by Friday.

Mir recounted a series of unfulfilled promises made by government officials regarding the long-standing demands of the region's traders and residents. He recalled that during a seven-day protest in Gulmit, Nagar, Interior Minister himself had acknowledged that every d...