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Posts published in “Day: April 20, 2012

Transporters demand protection on KKH

By Fazal Khaliq In The Express Tribune, April 21 BISHAM: As their strike entered the sixth day on Friday, transporters demanded assurances of protection from the government to resume supply of goods to Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). Apart from bloodshed and large-scale destruction of personal and public property, several trucks and oil tankers were looted and their drivers brutally beaten following the sectarian violence in G-B earlier this month. In reaction, the Trucks and Oil Tankers Owners’…

Call for explanation: Sadpara resigns in protest

By Shabbir Mir In The Express Tribune, April 21 GILGIT: Famous mountaineer Hassan Sadpara has resigned from his honorary post in the police department to protest against an explanation letter issued to him for speaking to the media about his manhandling by security officials. Addressing a press conference called on Thursday evening in Skardu, Sadpara claimed to have been manhandled at Skardu airport when he tried to meet President Asif Ali Zardari during his visit…