Pakistan Army to establish HQ in Diamer district to ensure CPEC security

[Irfan Baloch]

Say goodbye to the convoys and the closing of the road after 8 pm. Hallelujah!



Not exactly. The convoys are primarily to safeguard the travellers against dacoit attacks, which are/were a plenty on this stretch. The stretch from Dassu till Chillas is essentially no man's land with virtually no settlements and hence even less security presence. The addition of the mountainous desert terrain to the above has historically allowed dacoits and bandits to hide and operate from there with ease. This has then led to the Sunni Vs Shia belligerents using this stretch at times to exact their unholy activities.

The Chillas Sunnis Vs Gilgiti Shias feud is a whole other basket of snakes, which btw is more ethnic, territorial and political than sectarian. The sectarian spin on the matter was given by the media who don't know the head from the toes of the matter. Grouping them with Daesh and TTP is also a little unfair, at least in my opinion.

my comment was lazy I admit but there is some merit to it. the kohistanis are born haters and dont need daesh recruitment to do what they do best. in the good old days even .. that area was a no go and only the road belonged to state off road you were/ are on your own. sectarian spin is just convenient. back in 86 when they launched the attacks on northern areas then their driving motive was sectarian they killed and looted in the name of jihad against kafirs. talking about 86-7 zia time..
(only ptv existed back then so it was complete blackout)
somehow the situation didnt perpetuate into something else but we did read few stories where people are rounded up for wrong names and executed .. if its a sunni then tough.. he will go to janat as he is shaheed.. but if shia then all the better..(p.s.information is from Scouts and NLI ... not just the Baltis ).

 

[haviZsultan]

Let me explain In case anyone has failed to understand the "convoy issue" . its to do with regular attacks on Shi'a members of community who are rounded up and executed at the roadside. Sometime ago a video was posted here where male members of a village from kohistan were involved in stopping and executing 24 family members including women and children. These people are born with TTP and Daesh genocidal mentality and will be very attractive tools for anyone who has openly opposed CPEC

Kohistan displays the literacy problem well. With literacy lower than tribal areas combined at only 10% a region like this is bound to be a cesspool of hatred, intolerance and as you have pointed out well enough-anti shia sentiment or in other words what Nishapuri call shia genocide. How accurate the claims of shia genocide are I won't go into detail but I do believe that terrorist mindset and anti shia thought process are deeply linked to each other. Every movement that is anti shia also capable and at times willing to call their other sunni brothers non muslim and kill them meaning they are more of a global takfiri threat.

Another incident in Kohistan was the murder of an entire family in Kohistan over a man dancing and women clapping in a wedding. Kohistan is a cauldron waiting to boil. It could very well be the next Waziristan if not paid heed to. Literacy is abysimally low too. Every region with low employment and few opportunities is bound to be in difficulty as the unemployment rate of 60%+ for the tribal areas also goes on to show. I hope we wake up and provide economic, educational and employment opportunities to people and deal with the hatred preached in the name of religion.

 

[krash]

my comment was lazy I admit but there is some merit to it. the kohistanis are born haters and dont need daesh recruitment to do what they do best. in the good old days even .. that area was a no go and only the road belonged to state off road you were/ are on your own. sectarian spin is just convenient. back in 86 when they launched the attacks on northern areas then their driving motive was sectarian they killed and looted in the name of jihad against kafirs. talking about 86-7 zia time..
(only ptv existed back then so it was complete blackout)
somehow the situation didnt perpetuate into something else but we did read few stories where people are rounded up for wrong names and executed .. if its a sunni then tough.. he will go to janat as he is shaheed.. but if shia then all the better..(p.s.information is from Scouts and NLI ... not just the Baltis ).

No, no....you misunderstood me. I hold no sympathies towards the Kohistanis or Chillas. On top of that I only have extreme praise for Gilgitis and Baltis and I wholly stand with the Gilgitis in this matter notwithstanding their own transgressions in this feud. The bigotry, hate and atrocities committed by the Kohistani lot, especially against the Gilgitis and Baltis, are not only unquestionable but are also understated. I'm a first-hand witness to some of the incidents, the NLI and the Baltis need not convince me.

However, my point remains; the actual conflict spawns from ethnic, political and partly territorial rivalry and is at least a few hundred years old (the Afghan tribes descending the Khybar Pass, dislodging and pushing the Kho tribes into Chitral and the Gilgiti tribes beyond Chillas). The sectarian card is played by the Kohistanis to justify their barbarity, as an excuse, so to speak. For the media the spin is just always a better sell. Do they hate Shias? Of course they do. Would they kill anyone who's a Shia? Not really. Would they kill Sunni Gilgitis? Yes, they will. The word 'genocide' generously thrown in this matter is also academically incorrect given the killings being more analogous to a conflict than systematic elimination, but that's a lengthy debate for another time.

The Kohistanis, with regards to 'culture', are a duplicate of the Tribals in FATA; obtuse, intolerant, prejudiced and violent. Which, in my view, is still a notch below the likes of Daesh and TTP, for now. The military presence has refrained them from waging all-out battles like in FATA, so they make do with targets of opportunity. They just got lucky when they chose the Giligits as their enemies, who just so happen to be their antithesis with regards to the above mentioned traits.

Kohistan displays the literacy problem well. With literacy lower than tribal areas combined at only 10% a region like this is bound to be a cesspool of hatred, intolerance and as you have pointed out well enough-anti shia sentiment or in other words what Nishapuri call shia genocide. How accurate the claims of shia genocide are I won't go into detail but I do believe that terrorist mindset and anti shia thought process are deeply linked to each other. Every movement that is anti shia also capable and at times willing to call their other sunni brothers non muslim and kill them meaning they are more of a global takfiri threat.

Another incident in Kohistan was the murder of an entire family in Kohistan over a man dancing and women clapping in a wedding. Kohistan is a cauldron waiting to boil. It could very well be the next Waziristan if not paid heed to. Literacy is abysimally low too. Every region with low employment and few opportunities is bound to be in difficulty as the unemployment rate of 60%+ for the tribal areas also goes on to show. I hope we wake up and provide economic, educational and employment opportunities to people and deal with the hatred preached in the name of religion.

I refuse to buy the low-literacy excuse. Only a few kilometres further north we can still find people in remote valleys with literacy rates way below those of Kohistan. Furthermore, these valleys see outsiders maybe once or twice every year while Kohistan sees tons of outsiders everyday. Yet those people in the valleys will invite you in their houses any time of the day while the Kohistanis will pelt you as move through their towns minding your own business. Education is indeed the solution and the lack of it does perpetuate the problem, but is it also the cause? I seriously doubt it.

It also can't see it ever becoming Waziristan given the army's presence, the small area and the few entry/exit points into the valley which can be and are easily monitored and controlled.

 

[Hyperion]

We should always be thorough in our explanations...

TTP: LeJ/SSP, JuD et al
Daesh: Wahabo-Deobandis.

TTP / Daesh Kindergarten: Al-Huda Academy & others.

Suspects: Most of Pakistani population.... unless and until proven otherwise. It's like a mental disease and should be treated as such.

Let me explain In case anyone has failed to understand the "convoy issue" . its to do with regular attacks on Shi'a members of community who are rounded up and executed at the roadside. Sometime ago a video was posted here where male members of a village from kohistan were involved in stopping and executing 24 family members including women and children. These people are born with TTP and Daesh genocidal mentality and will be very attractive tools for anyone who has openly opposed CPEC

 

[Kabira]

No, no....you misunderstood me. I hold no sympathies towards the Kohistanis or Chillas. On top of that I only have extreme praise for Gilgitis and Baltis and I wholly stand with the Gilgitis in this matter notwithstanding their own transgressions in this feud. The bigotry, hate and atrocities committed by the Kohistani lot, especially against the Gilgitis and Baltis, are not only unquestionable but are also understated. I'm a first-hand witness to some of the incidents, the NLI and the Baltis need not convince me.

However, my point remains; the actual conflict spawns from ethnic, political and partly territorial rivalry and is at least a few hundred years old (the Afghan tribes descending the Khybar Pass, dislodging and pushing the Kho tribes into Chitral and the Gilgiti tribes beyond Chillas). The sectarian card is played by the Kohistanis to justify their barbarity, as an excuse, so to speak. For the media the spin is just always a better sell. Do they hate Shias? Of course they do. Would they kill anyone who's a Shia? Not really. Would they kill Sunni Gilgitis? Yes, they will. The word 'genocide' generously thrown in this matter is also academically incorrect given the killings being more analogous to a conflict than systematic elimination, but that's a lengthy debate for another time.

The Kohistanis, with regards to 'culture', are a duplicate of the Tribals in FATA; obtuse, intolerant, prejudiced and violent. Which, in my view, is still a notch below the likes of Daesh and TTP, for now. The military presence has refrained them from waging all-out battles like in FATA, so they make do with targets of opportunity. They just got lucky when they chose the Giligits as their enemies, who just so happen to be their antithesis with regards to the above mentioned traits.



I refuse to buy the low-literacy excuse. Only a few kilometres further north we can still find people in remote valleys with literacy rates way below those of Kohistan. Furthermore, these valleys see outsiders maybe once or twice every year while Kohistan sees tons of outsiders everyday. Yet those people in the valleys will invite you in their houses any time of the day while the Kohistanis will pelt you as move through their towns minding your own business. Education is indeed the solution and the lack of it does perpetuate the problem, but is it also the cause? I seriously doubt it.

It also can't see it ever becoming Waziristan given the army's presence, the small area and the few entry/exit points into the valley which can be and are easily monitored and controlled.

You are reffering to pashtuns in Kohistan when you say Kohistanis? Or the feuds is between dards of Kohistan and Gilget?

 

[tarrar]

There are so many areas in Pakistan where PA needs to setup a new & big Core command, places like interior Sindh, interior Balochistan & Waziristan. This will boost the security of the country & anti elements will run in fear.

 

[Samandri]

No, no....you misunderstood me. I hold no sympathies towards the Kohistanis or Chillas. On top of that I only have extreme praise for Gilgitis and Baltis and I wholly stand with the Gilgitis in this matter notwithstanding their own transgressions in this feud. The bigotry, hate and atrocities committed by the Kohistani lot, especially against the Gilgitis and Baltis, are not only unquestionable but are also understated. I'm a first-hand witness to some of the incidents, the NLI and the Baltis need not convince me.

However, my point remains; the actual conflict spawns from ethnic, political and partly territorial rivalry and is at least a few hundred years old (the Afghan tribes descending the Khybar Pass, dislodging and pushing the Kho tribes into Chitral and the Gilgiti tribes beyond Chillas). The sectarian card is played by the Kohistanis to justify their barbarity, as an excuse, so to speak. For the media the spin is just always a better sell. Do they hate Shias? Of course they do. Would they kill anyone who's a Shia? Not really. Would they kill Sunni Gilgitis? Yes, they will. The word 'genocide' generously thrown in this matter is also academically incorrect given the killings being more analogous to a conflict than systematic elimination, but that's a lengthy debate for another time.

The Kohistanis, with regards to 'culture', are a duplicate of the Tribals in FATA; obtuse, intolerant, prejudiced and violent. Which, in my view, is still a notch below the likes of Daesh and TTP, for now. The military presence has refrained them from waging all-out battles like in FATA, so they make do with targets of opportunity. They just got lucky when they chose the Giligits as their enemies, who just so happen to be their antithesis with regards to the above mentioned traits.



I refuse to buy the low-literacy excuse. Only a few kilometres further north we can still find people in remote valleys with literacy rates way below those of Kohistan. Furthermore, these valleys see outsiders maybe once or twice every year while Kohistan sees tons of outsiders everyday. Yet those people in the valleys will invite you in their houses any time of the day while the Kohistanis will pelt you as move through their towns minding your own business. Education is indeed the solution and the lack of it does perpetuate the problem, but is it also the cause? I seriously doubt it.

It also can't see it ever becoming Waziristan given the army's presence, the small area and the few entry/exit points into the valley which can be and are easily monitored and controlled.

Thats some great sectarian hatred that you have for Kohistanis........i am reporting your and @Irfan Baloch 's posts

 

[WAJsal]

Good news, Kohistan needs special treatment, area is too backward. Driving through that area takes some doing. We need to promote education in that area.

Guys, in my assessment the terrorists had/ have made safe refuge in Kohistan, if anyone remembers the foreigners killed in Nangabarbat; the thing is they occasionally target sectarian elements to create that sectarian angle. Peace in that area is usually what you would, even with all the illiteracy and etc, etc. The sectarian angle is what encourages the other side, in recent past we have seen security situation improve in GB and Kohistan to some extent. This is a great news in that context, in fact a major news for the safety of the route, as travel is quite scary in that region-special convoys and etc, etc. Annoying as hell. And then you enter GB it seems as if you are entering a different part of the world, better literacy, better everything. Unfortunately has to do with the way's of living. Government needs to derive a proper solution for this problem.
@Irfan Baloch ....

No, no....you misunderstood me. I hold no sympathies towards the Kohistanis or Chillas. On top of that I only have extreme praise for Gilgitis and Baltis and I wholly stand with the Gilgitis in this matter notwithstanding their own transgressions in this feud. The bigotry, hate and atrocities committed by the Kohistani lot, especially against the Gilgitis and Baltis, are not only unquestionable but are also understated. I'm a first-hand witness to some of the incidents, the NLI and the Baltis need not convince me.

However, my point remains; the actual conflict spawns from ethnic, political and partly territorial rivalry and is at least a few hundred years old (the Afghan tribes descending the Khybar Pass, dislodging and pushing the Kho tribes into Chitral and the Gilgiti tribes beyond Chillas). The sectarian card is played by the Kohistanis to justify their barbarity, as an excuse, so to speak. For the media the spin is just always a better sell. Do they hate Shias? Of course they do. Would they kill anyone who's a Shia? Not really. Would they kill Sunni Gilgitis? Yes, they will. The word 'genocide' generously thrown in this matter is also academically incorrect given the killings being more analogous to a conflict than systematic elimination, but that's a lengthy debate for another time.

The Kohistanis, with regards to 'culture', are a duplicate of the Tribals in FATA; obtuse, intolerant, prejudiced and violent. Which, in my view, is still a notch below the likes of Daesh and TTP, for now. The military presence has refrained them from waging all-out battles like in FATA, so they make do with targets of opportunity. They just got lucky when they chose the Giligits as their enemies, who just so happen to be their antithesis with regards to the above mentioned traits.

It is a historical thing.

I refuse to buy the low-literacy excuse

Makes sense, people are too backward in that area, women not allowed to vote in some areas and etc, etc...typical BS.

Thats some great sectarian hatred that you have for Kohistanis........i am reporting your and @Irfan Baloch 's posts

Nothing sectarian, only the truth. Ask it from a Chilasi, i know that region. You need to visit that area and make comments, @krash knows what he is talking about. You are not a spokesperson for all Pashtuns, so save it. Reference is being made to some elements, no generalization. Though the ways of living are way too backwards in that area...Lets hear it from a man who has written a book on it.

Another incident in Kohistan was the murder of an entire family in Kohistan over a man dancing and women clapping in a wedding. Kohistan is a cauldron waiting to boil. It could very well be the next Waziristan if not paid heed to. Literacy is abysimally low too. Every region with low employment and few opportunities is bound to be in difficulty as the unemployment rate of 60%+ for the tribal areas also goes on to show. I hope we wake up and provide economic, educational and employment opportunities to people and deal with the hatred preached in the name of religion.

You are reffering to pashtuns in Kohistan when you say Kohistanis? Or the feuds is between dards of Kohistan and Gilget?

some elements, they take this way too seriously.

 

[Mentee]

We should always be thorough in our explanations...

TTP: LeJ/SSP, JuD et al
Daesh: Wahabo-Deobandis.

TTP / Daesh Kindergarten: Al-Huda Academy & others.

Suspects: Most of Pakistani population.... unless and until proven otherwise. It's like a mental disease and should be treated as such.

bring it on---------

 

[haviZsultan]

@Samandri I don't understand why you and many others remain so insecure about criticism. I am considered a muhajir and severely criticize my people. Would it be wise of me to make a face and sit with my arms crossed the moment muhajirs are criticized? I may never be accepted as a pashtun even though I am highly sympathetic to them and this is a reason I have often declined to be critical of pashtuns but I mean isn't it time for all ethnic groups to look within. Bombs go off mostly in KP or FATA rather than other areas. I mean Pashtuns must have some weakness related to this.

I agree that the government at times has been wrong and the imposition of the collective responsibilities act of the frontier crimes regulation as well as terming the region a no go area for anyone from the rest of the country while allowing only mullahs to be elected from FATA has played a role fanaticizing society but then isn't even some of the blame with locals?

I am writing a study on ethnic relations in Pakistan and one thing I have seen constantly is the idea that our own ethnic group is superior and has made no mistakes. I admit muhajirs imposed urdu on Bengalis resulting in the break up of the country. Will others also be this critical?

And Plus the Kohistanis never have identified as Pashtuns in reality. They speak a language called Kohistani and all the ethnic chauvinism we see today is based on language. If it was not the Rohillas would still be Pashtuns not passing off as urdu speakers. They are like the Hindkowans of Abottabad and Haripur if not like some Burkis who speak Ormuri, though it is clear that many Burkis have been merged as pashtuns.

My point is have an open outlook. No one is an enemy of the pashtuns as you try to portray constantly-please get rid of the pashtunforums mentality. When someone criticizes it does not mean they have a personal vandetta against said group or ethnicity. But I have met Maseed who are symapthetic to the Taliban. Isn't this a major character flaw? Sympathizing with a group responsible for the death of thousands.

No people of a country will ever tolerate people like Altaf Hussain who calls partition a blunder or tribal elders who openly support the Taliban. I have seen both and worry about the future of my country. When someone says they are bad or raises a hand against these terrorists the ethnic chauvinism comes and forbids us to take action against them based on ethnicity. Think like a Pakistani.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Nothing sectarian, only the truth. Ask it from a Chilasi, i know that region. You need to visit that area and make comments, @krash knows what he is talking about. You are not a spokesperson for all Pashtuns, so save it. Reference is being made to some elements, no generalization. Though the ways of living are way too backwards in that area...Lets hear it from a man who has written a book on it.

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thanks for good commentary. since my name is mentioned in a wrong context by the person you responded I must clarify that my misgivings about some people of Kohistan and adjusunt areas is mainly due to their illiteracy and age-old savagery which is independent of what faith of Islam they follow. if they were Alwayts, twellvers or Ahmedis or Beralvis or Islamilies or Budhits for that matter.. I would have had same dismissive and grim view about them and I am sure you and @haviZsultan would still have condemned them despite having a different faith, but I cant say the same about the person you have quoted. take the tragedy of the murder of the girl in that same godforsaken area whose' crime was dancing in a wedding party.

the area has stunning beauty but it has the dread of death and sorrow just like the Sawat during TNSM era. the savages oppose change and progress and like waziristan they would destroy schools .

we need Cantonments in all troublesome areas of Balochistan and KPK . hell its Pakistan, why do we need to apologise to najan Sethi or some scum who fought Pakistan and now residing in the west? this is the only way to subdue the savages who blow up schools and bridges and setup ambushes on the roads.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

We should always be thorough in our explanations...

TTP: LeJ/SSP, JuD et al
Daesh: Wahabo-Deobandis.

TTP / Daesh Kindergarten: Al-Huda Academy & others.

Suspects: Most of Pakistani population.... unless and until proven otherwise. It's like a mental disease and should be treated as such.

no amount of innocent blood will convince the nay sayers. some gullible people thought that PS will change the minds of people. how stupid of us? when tens of thousands of deaths over a decade didnt melt the heart of some People of Pakistan then how could those handful innocent lives changed their minds? these deaths only made people like us cry more thats all.
we need one / uniform syllabus and in local languages so that the message of peace and humanity can be ingrained in our minds



just in case you missed this thread and the story.. I summed up what we always say.

Story of Nay Sayer's

 

[Samandri]

You are not a spokesperson for all Pashtuns, so save it.

Kohistanis are not Pashtuns, they are Dard people.

@Samandri I don't understand why you and many others remain so insecure about criticism. I am considered a muhajir and severely criticize my people. Would it be wise of me to make a face and sit with my arms crossed the moment muhajirs are criticized? I may never be accepted as a pashtun even though I am highly sympathetic to them and this is a reason I have often declined to be critical of pashtuns but I mean isn't it time for all ethnic groups to look within. Bombs go off mostly in KP or FATA rather than other areas. I mean Pashtuns must have some weakness related to this.

I agree that the government at times has been wrong and the imposition of the collective responsibilities act of the frontier crimes regulation as well as terming the region a no go area for anyone from the rest of the country while allowing only mullahs to be elected from FATA has played a role fanaticizing society but then isn't even some of the blame with locals?

I am writing a study on ethnic relations in Pakistan and one thing I have seen constantly is the idea that our own ethnic group is superior and has made no mistakes. I admit muhajirs imposed urdu on Bengalis resulting in the break up of the country. Will others also be this critical?

And Plus the Kohistanis never have identified as Pashtuns in reality. They speak a language called Kohistani and all the ethnic chauvinism we see today is based on language. If it was not the Rohillas would still be Pashtuns not passing off as urdu speakers. They are like the Hindkowans of Abottabad and Haripur if not like some Burkis who speak Ormuri, though it is clear that many Burkis have been merged as pashtuns.

My point is have an open outlook. No one is an enemy of the pashtuns as you try to portray constantly-please get rid of the pashtunforums mentality. When someone criticizes it does not mean they have a personal vandetta against said group or ethnicity. But I have met Maseed who are symapthetic to the Taliban. Isn't this a major character flaw? Sympathizing with a group responsible for the death of thousands.

No people of a country will ever tolerate people like Altaf Hussain who calls partition a blunder or tribal elders who openly support the Taliban. I have seen both and worry about the future of my country. When someone says they are bad or raises a hand against these terrorists the ethnic chauvinism comes and forbids us to take action against them based on ethnicity. Think like a Pakistani.

Why you are bringing Pashtuns, FATA, Rohillas etc into it?. Kohistanis are not Pashtuns, they are Dard people....is it too much surprising for you that i am criticizing and reporting against gross negative generalization about Dard people like Kohistanis?. I am surprised that mods here are spewing and supporting sectarian hatred.

take the tragedy of the murder of the girl in that same godforsaken area whose' crime was dancing in a wedding party.

.

Just because of one incident like that, you cant generalize about entire community of Kohistanis. Refrain from that. If some one generalizes , that all Balochs are traitors because of actions of some BLA fighters, what will be your sentiments?

 

[krash]

You are reffering to pashtuns in Kohistan when you say Kohistanis? Or the feuds is between dards of Kohistan and Gilget?

You don't find many Pushtuns in Kohistan. Take it as the people from Pattan till Chillas.

Thats some great sectarian hatred that you have for Kohistanis........i am reporting your and @Irfan Baloch 's posts

Hardly. I am not Shia. I descend from a strict Sunni lineage, brought up sect-less. So sectarian hatred? I doubt it. Besides the fact that I took the sectarian angle out by clearly arguing that the conflict itself is not sectarian in essence. I have great respect for these people in many regards but tolerance is not one of them. One must call a spade exactly that and what not.

It is a historical thing.

Exactly. By some accounts, it pre-dates the Gilgitis converting to Shia Islam.

Makes sense, people are too backward in that area, women not allowed to vote in some areas and etc, etc...typical BS.

You'd be extremely lucky if you even spot one on the streets. And if you do.....then be prepared to be punished for it. The intolerance itself is culturally ingrained in that region, exactly the way tolerance is culturally ingrained in the Kho or the Hunzais or the Baltis or the Kalasha, who were tolerant way before Agha Khan came to change their literacy rates.

Just because of one incident like that, you cant generalize about entire community of Kohistanis. Refrain from that. If some one generalizes , that all Balochs are traitors because of actions of some BLA fighters, what will be your sentiments?

No one is generalizing anything. It has been clearly stated that by "Kohistanis" here it is meant the intolerant elements in that part of the world. These elements might not be in majority but their numbers are more than enough to raise serious alarms. In a region so small with a population of a few hundred thousand, incidents in such frequency should freak us all the hell out.

And one incident? How about the 18 men dragged out of their bus and butchered on the road side because they were Gilgitis? Or the 3 young girls whose parents had to hide them in a cave to save them from their own relatives killing them in the name of honour on their jirga's orders? Or the bus following my car which was stopped, a Gilgiti politician was dragged out and then shot right there? Or the hundreds of ambushes laid upon innocent commuters on the KKH with quite a few of them losing their lives? Or the favourite sport there of pelting passing by foreigners? They didn't even spare the Lahori girl who biked all the way till Khunjerab....


Are there good people amongst them too? Of course there are, like those in Chillas who came out protesting in the streets when the Gilgitis were killed. Or my old friend, the owner of the Panorama hotel, who gave me refuge and food at 2 am when the whole region was locked and sealed shut after the politician's death. Or the local SHO who personally attended and guarded the stranded travellers throughout the night. Or his DSP who personally escorted them out of the area the next day. Or the locals who opened their doors for the authorities to come inspect all of their houses after the Fairy Meadows massacre.

These are the reasons why I argue against placing them besides DAESH and TTP. Had that been the case, you'd hear of many deaths everyday given the hundreds of Gilgitis and Baltis passing through Kohistan on a daily basis.

Kindly take your head out of your bottom and stop being defensive just because you're not educated on the matter and/or you get insecure facing criticism. I have sat, eaten, lived and travelled with these people, I know them pretty well.

 

[netasif2004]

After every 100 Kilometer of CPEC Route Army should have HQ and Control Center. They should use drone to monitor CPEC traffic.