Diamer-Bhasha Dam protesters call off sit-in, reopen Karakoram Highway

Protesters called off their sit-in blocking the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in the Thore area of Diamer on Tuesday morning and reopened the highway for traffic after successful negotiations with the district administration. Police said that stranded passengers and vehicles, which had been stuck since Sunday, started moving towards their destinations from both sides after the restoration of traffic on the KKH. Maulana Hazratullah, the chief organiser of the protest, said that after negotiations with...