GILGIT, March 3: Routine life in Gilgit was partially restored on Saturday four days after the gruesome killings of over a dozen people by armed assailants in Kohistan district. Thin traffic also plied on the roads.

Some hotels, tea points, vegetable shops and medicine stores were opened in the town and people bought essential items.

More than 25,000 employees of GB government are yet to get salaries as all the government offices remained closed for three days to mourn the mass murder.

Trucks loaded with goods have yet to reach the Gilgit city as a result people are facing severe shortage of edibles.

Meanwhile, people belonging to various walks of life kept condemning the Kohistan incident.

Former chairman of the municipal committee and central leader of All Pakistan Muslim League, Ilyas Sadiqui termed it a barbaric incident of terrorism and said the culprits must face punishment. He demanded fool-proof security for passengers traveling on the Karakuram Highway. He asked the government to take practical steps against anti-state elements and refrain from mere rhetoric.—Correspondent