Bajaur
Pakistan: Sit-in demonstration demanding improvement of law and order situation continues in Bajaur
Bajaur: Demanding improvement of the law and order situation in the region, people continued their sit-in protest in Bajaur area of Pakistan for the seventh consecutive day on Thursday.
The demonstrators continued their protest despite the rain.
The leaders of the protesters pledged that they would not end the sit-in without getting strong assurance from the authorities to accept their demands, reports Dawn News.
People from all walks of life, mostly political and social activists, attended the sit-in in a large number despite rain. Besides locals, a delegation of Khyber tribal district, led by former MNA Haji Shahji Gul Afridi, also attended the sit-in.
The district chapter of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam organized the sit-in demonstration.
Speaking on the occasion, Afridi was quoted as saying by Dawn News that such peaceful demonstrations were necessary to draw attention of the authorities towards the law and order situation in all the tribal districts.
He said that law and order was badly disturbed during the last few months in tribal districts.
He lauded the leaders of political and religious parties and social activists for showing unity to raise the issue of law and order by arranging the sit-in.
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