Around 1,000 people have joined the demonstration in the picturesque valley of Hunza since Friday, blocking a section of the 1,300-kilometre (808-mile) Karakoram Highway and preventing dozens of freight trucks from crossing into China.
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Stranded trucks stand along the Karakoram Highway, blocked by residents during a sit-in protest against power outagesin Khaplu city, in Pakistan's mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region, on January 7, 2025. Hundreds of people blocked a highway on January 7 in Pakistan's mountainous northern region in protest against power outages lasting longer than 20 hours, as temperatures plunged to minus 15 degrees Celsius. (Photo by AFP)
2025-01-08 10:52:13
Hundreds of people blocked a highway on Tuesday in Pakistan's mountainous northern region in protest against power outages lasting longer than 20 hours, as temperatures plunged to minus 15 degrees Celsius.
Routine load-shedding is widespread across fuel-deprived Pakistan, but residents of the mountainous, snow-covered regions in Gilgit-Baltistan endure prolonged blackouts.
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