Gilgit, Sept. 15 -- Hundreds of passengers and transporters remain stranded as residents of Harban in Upper Kohistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, continued their blockade of the Karakoram Highway (KKH) for the seventh consecutive day.

The protest, reported by The Express Tribune, demands immediate and higher compensation for land acquired for the Diamer-Basha Dam project.

As reported by The Express Tribune, the sit-in near Harban Nallah has cut off the main route linking Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) with the rest of the country, creating severe shortages of food and medicine and leaving hundreds of trucks carrying goods immobilised. Witnesses said travellers were stuck on both sides of the highway.

Protest leaders blamed Wapda and the K-P administra...