Pakistan Pakistan: Bajaur villagers protest demanding for basic amenities
Bajaur: The residents of Mandal locality, a backward area of Bajaur tribal district of Pakistan, agitated on Sunday against in the streets of the region as they demanded for basic amenties.
People belonging to different walks of life attended the protest demonstration in a large number held on Khar-Timergra road in Khar, reports Dawn News.
The demonstration, which was planned a couple of days ago, was one of the crowded gathering in the region. Scores of social and political workers and leaders of various political parties attended the rally, the newspaper reported.
The participants of the rally were holding placards inscribed with their demands for construction of a bridge, road, school and other facilities in the region. They also chanted slogans against the local MNA and MPA for ignoring the area in their development funds, Dawn News reported.
Several local political leaders including JI district chief Sardar Khan, ANP president Gul Afzal Khan, PPP leader Amir Khan, Sadiq Akbar and prominent social activist Javed Khan also addressed the protesters, who blocked the road for several hours.
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