Gilgit-Baltistan, Dec. 16 (ANI): Protests broke out in the Danyor district of the Gilgit-Baltistan region as the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government demolished several houses and properties in the region, said a news report by the PTI.
It is reported that the houses and shops were demolished recently to pave a way for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The demonstrators demanded that the PTI government must compensate them immediately.
Pakistan and China have been vigorously pursuing China’s ambitious industrial corridor CPEC. For that, they have cleared large swathes of the territory of any form of habitation.
People complained that no notice was given to them prior to the acquisition and demolition of their properties.
“Such demolitions do not take place in the night but in the daytime so that the people can gather their important belongings such as documents. Crores of documents (registers) have been destroyed,” said one of the demonstrators.
Another demonstrator echoing the same sentiment added that the PTI government has “destroyed the means of livelihood of the people.”