Diamer-Bhasha Dam: MQM demands compensation for all
The MQM and their supporters staged a sit-in lasting over a day on the Karakoram Highway.
GILGIT:
Regional leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and their supporters staged a sit-in lasting over a day on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Chilas in Gilgit-Baltistan. The protesters demanded an equal share of land compensation for the residents of Chilas, in Diamer Valley, where the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is being built. Officials said the there were about 500 protesters. However, the MQM claimed that over 8,000 people took part in it.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2011.
Regional leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and their supporters staged a sit-in lasting over a day on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Chilas in Gilgit-Baltistan. The protesters demanded an equal share of land compensation for the residents of Chilas, in Diamer Valley, where the Diamer-Bhasha Dam is being built. Officials said the there were about 500 protesters. However, the MQM claimed that over 8,000 people took part in it.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2011.