Diamer-Bhasha Dam land-affected people block Karakoram Highway

PROTESTERS chant slogans during a demonstration on the Karakoram Highway near Thore Valley.—Dawn GILGIT: The protest sit-in for the rights of Diamer-Bhasha Dam land-affected people intensified on Sunday as protesters blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) at various locations in Diamer district and warned that they would stage a long march towards the dam’s construction site if their demands were not met. The Diamer-Bhasha Dam land-affected committee, under the ‘Huqooq Do, Dam Banao’ (Ensure r...