Road construction: Two Chinese labourers killed

GILGIT: Two Chinese labourers involved in repair work on a portion of the Karakoram Highway (KKH) were crushed under falling boulders on Sunday night, police said. The boulders fell after labourers blasted a portion of hill along the highway in Hunza valley, a police official told The Express Tribune. The site was recently visited by Prime Minster Raja Pervez Ashraf who performed the groundbreaking of a 25km-long highway and 330km-long portion of the KKH along Khunjerab.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 2^nd, 2012.