Dam protest paralyses Karakoram Highway

• Hundreds of passengers, including tourists and patients, stranded • Talks with administration fail; protesters refuse to reopen road GILGIT: A protest sit-in by people affected by the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project continued on Monday, blocking the Karakoram Highway (KKH) and suspending land connectivity between Gilgit-Baltistan and the rest of Pakistan, leaving hundreds of passengers — including tourists and patients — stranded, with long queues of vehicles stuck on both sides of the highway. P...

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