PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak announced compensation for the dead and injured of the Hangu IDP camp bomb blast on Sunday. He announced that a compensation of Rs500,000 would be paid to each killed and Rs200,000 for each injured under the Shuhada Package, according to a statement.

Mr Khattak asked the Hangu police and the district administration to immediately contact the affected people and provide them succor as well as start a crackdown on the anti-state elements. He said that authorities in Orakzai Agency should also be contacted to eliminate outlaws, especially in the backdrop of the Waziristan operation and IDPs issue.

Published in Dawn, September 29th , 2014