By Zulfiqar Ali Khan in The Dawn, Sept 27 HUNZA, Sept 26: People of Hunza as part of their ongoing protest drive organised a big rally under the aegis of All Hunza Action Committee (AHAC) here on Friday for acceptance of their demands. They were demanding an additional seat in Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) before the forthcoming election. This was the third major public protest after the successful events in Aliabad and Nasirabad Hunza. The…
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GILGIT, Sept 26: Four people were killed and several others injured on Saturday in a bomb blast and violent protests that followed, police said. The bomb went off in a bookshop in a busy market on the Airport Road, injuring four people. They were taken to the DHQ hospital where one of them died. Gilgit police chief Khurshid Alam said it was a locally-made device. After the blast, protesters took to the streets and pelted…