A disputed election in a region of Pakistan bordering China has sparked angry protests, with troops called in to restore order after demonstrators took to the streets and erected barricades in a bid to shut down the regional capital amid claims of vote rigging.The protests in Gilgit-Baltistan – a remote, impoverished, mountainous part of the larger Kashmir region that marks the starting point of the US$60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – are being led by opposition candidates who…
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