Dawn.com, from the Newspaper | 2012/04/09
GILGIT PAKISTAN:The Gilgit-Baltistan authorities evacuated on Sunday scores of foreign tourists who had been stranded in the region since April 3 when a curfew was imposed in Gilgit after sectarian clashes claimed at least 14 lives.
They were brought to Gilgit from various places in the region and later sent to Islamabad by a C-130 plane, police officials said.
But efforts to free 32 people held hostage by some elements in Nagar are yet to bear fruit...
...DSP Tahira Yasubuddin said 65 Japanese nationals were evacuated from Hunza where they had attended a Cherry Blossom festival, while 20 Japanese tourists were stuck in Gilgit.
She said most of the evacuated foreigners were from Japan...more...
