Gilgit City [POJK], Leaders of the Awami Action Committee (AAC) belonging to Pakistan Occupied Gilgit Baltistan (POGB) on Thursday held a conference at Gilgit Press Club, demanding the decision to lease out the forest land of POGB to private business owners. The local government was criticized for. said POGB, a local news outlet from Punjab province. During the press conference, Advocate Ehsan Ali, former president of the Supreme Appellate Court Bar Association, said, "This is a big scam towards the people of POGB, because the crippled local administration here has surrendered to private business owners." The entire decision was taken by a two-member committee, consisting of the Chief Secretary of POGB and a representative of the trade organization, both of whom were not related to the people and the land. I also ensured that the outcome of the meeting was kept a secret, Which proves the widespread corruption and anti-people policies carried out by the local administration. "The government of Pakistan and the people of POGB do not hold themselves accountable," Ali further said in his statement quoted by POGB local news outlets. People's.He has never addressed the public directly on any issue of the POGB people. We recently started a big protest but no government representative stood with us in the POG. They work completely from Pakistan but never stood with us to raise our demands. But people have now become aware and they will now raise their demands. Because we are not begging for your mercy or greatness, but we are asking for what is ours." Another lawyer during the press conference highlighted that the lease contract that was signed between POGB and the Government of Punjab Province will never be taken care of. According to his statement, the employees they hired from here are, whatever their circumstances, "these contracts would have been beneficial to them if they had been made on the basis of open tender. The company that has leased the POGB land was registered only six months ago and has no experience in managing local tourism in POGB. And the administration has ignored the local people who have been managing local tourism here for years. Baba Jan, another local leader of POGB, in his statement given during the press conference said that the people of POGB are not ready to retreat or surrender.And will now play the role of decision maker Pakistan government will now have to address its repeated mistakes, and address the issues of the people of POGB. The government has not taken care of the POGB people, they are not giving them proper education, employment, proper roads, internet and basic infrastructural essentials, a local POGB news channel reporter noted. Earlier, a local opposition leader of the POGB The same issue was also raised. I, the leader of the Constituent Assembly, said in his statement, "Today when anyone who is in power announces that the POGB is suffering huge economic losses, they will lease the land to industrialists or non-native entities so that 30 This will absolutely not be tolerated.'' ''It's not a matter of 30 years, it's a matter of about three generations.'' Tell us if PoGB is for sale, and we will Will return home. Today the situation has become worse and our forests are no longer safe.Our people in POGB did not nurture and protect that land for a wealthy businessman from Punjab province who would come and set up his business on that land. Please leave that land. Another piece of forest, Whyde Park, is being given to business owners, with the promise that 50 percent of the profits will be given to the government.Do you now think that any money received from these profits will reach the common people?”