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Gilgit - Baltistan

Terror attacks: KKH under threat in GB

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By Web Desk Published August 26, 2015 3 Min Read
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Gilgit Baltistan main artery is the Karakoram Highway, which has in the recent past witnessed a spate of organised terror attacks.

With the security challenges re-surfacing again, those who frequent the road quite often are in danger.

In view of fresh threats and intelligence information, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government recently made it compulsory for transport companies to have private guards on board before setting foot on the highway. The road that connects China with the rest of the country through Gilgit-Baltistan, passes majorly through Kohistan district where terrorists clad in military outfits have attacked passenger buses in the past.

Transporters have reciprocated by manning buses with untrained security guards carrying outdated firearms. “There are security guards in buses but most of them aren’t trained to fire even a single bullet,” an insider from the transport companies told the media. He said hardly any have enough cartridges to even resist armed militants for a bit.

Some of the transporters have gone a step ahead. They have bought security guard uniforms for their conductors who serve the dual purpose of fooling the administration and giving a false sense of security to the travellers.

“When the K-P police check buses for security arrangements at check posts in Kohistan, they allow them to go as they see uniformed men inside,” said a bus terminal official in Gilgit. Sources went on to say the bus owners even hire guns from dealers. “In reality these guns aren’t worth tuppence. If trained terrorists cross the path of these buses, only divine help can save the defenceless passengers.”

One of the most gruesome attacks in the recent past was when militants dressed in army uniforms, dragged 16 men out of the buses in Kohistan and shot them dead. The outlawed militant group Jundallah had claimed responsibility for the brutality.

It has been claimed that not only are the guns junk, some of them don’t even have any bullets!

Also Read:GB govt. decides to buy guns from people
 
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