Settlement of Thor and Harban tribes’ dispute good news on Diamer Bhasha Dam: Prime Minister 

Islamabad, January 12, 2022 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Imran Khan says settlement of decades-old dispute between Thor and Harban tribes by Grand Jirga of Diamer and Upper Kohistan elders is a historic development and good news for Diamer Bhasha Dam.

In a tweet, he said this will allow smooth and timely completion of the dam as well as pave way for settlement of boundary dispute between Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The dispute had claimed lives of seven people in 2014. Later, a jirga was formed in December 2020 to resolve this territorial dispute between Harban area of Kohistan and Thore area of Diamer.

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