Gilgit curfew enters sixth day

GILGIT: Curfew remains imposed in Giglit for the sixth consecutive following the outbreak of violence last Tuesday.

Police and Pakistan Army contingents’ patrolling during curfew continues persistently.

Meanwhile, people have to face an acute shortage of food, beverages and petroleum products. Sources said that foreign tourists trapped in different areas over here had been taken to Rawalpindi.

Mobile phone services remain suspended in Gilgit Baltistan for the fifth day.

In Skardu, most of the trading centers have opened up after five days of closure life has started returning to normal.