Traffic restored on KKH as protest winds up

A protest sit-in against the power crisis in Hunza district's Aliabad area came to an on Wednesday with Karakoram Highway restored for the traffic as the government accepted the locals' demands. Protests had erupted in several parts of Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday as residents decried over up to 22 hours of daily power outages amid hard winter conditions and snowfall.

The sit-in in the Aliabad area – the district headquarter of Hunza – caused difficulties for locals and travellers, with heavy traffic remained suspended and an alternate route open for light traffic. Vehicles loaded with goods imported from China via Khunjerab Pass also remained stranded at the protest venue. A statement issued by G-B government spokesperson said that the federal government accepted the 14 demands of the protesters.