Skardu Airport reverberated with: “Down with Shaitan Malik”

Angry protestors raised slogans: down with Shaitan Malik, on the arrival of federal interior minister Rehman Malik at the airport.

The passengers including students and foreign tourists also resorted to ransacking and sloganeering against the minister. The students and tourists were stranded in the Gilgit-Baltistan province for last 10 days.
On the other hand, Express News reported that the federal minister dodged the protesters stranded in Skardu city for over 10 days. The channel reported that Interior Minister Rehman Malik managed to board a flight to Islamabad, after a commotion started at the Skardu airport.

According to Express News, Malik had arrived at the airport to resolve the issue of C-130 flights, which were meant to carry foreigners and students who had come to spend vacations and have been stranded in Gilgit due to the closure of roads and flights to the region.

The interior minister had promised that he would not leave Skardu until the issue is settled but he did against his words.