From fuel to power, shortages have triggered street protests in recent weeks in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pak Military Monitor reported that the mood is getting anti-federal in the PoK area of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Awami Action Committee said that the national parties have used Gilgit-Baltistan as a `colony` to be exploited by the federal authorities. The locals will continue the protest unless federal authorities are rejected in elections, the Pak Military Monitor reported. Desperate citizens marched against the government demanding flour, pulses, electricity and jobs.