‘Hired’ to stage anti-Pak protest outside UN office, labourers demand ‘Wages’ from ‘Contractor’

“This man (contractor) said he needed some 10 labourers. He provided us a Sumo vehicle and promised to pay Rs 400 each,” they said. Several poor labourers were reportedly hired by a ‘contractor’ here on Tuesday who duped them resulting in confrontation at Press Enclave where the labourers spilled the beans. The labourers demanded their ‘wages’ for staging anti-Pakistan demonstration outside UN office here to oppose the neighbouring country’s proposed move to give Gilgit-Baltistan the status of a province. The facts came to fore after the hired protesters had argument…

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