BAJAUR: Bajaur Peace Action Committee decided here on Thursday to hold a march on January 5 against the incidents of terrorism in the region.

The decision to arrange “Qaumi Aman March” was made in a meeting of the committee held in Nawagai town with its chairman Maulana Abdur Rasheed in the chair. The participants of the meeting said that they would not allow more bloodshed in Bajaur.

The meeting of Bajaur Peace Action Committee, a body of local politicians, religious scholars and traders, was addressed by ANP leaders Sheikh Janzada, Gul Afzal Khan and Nisar Baz Khan; PPP’s Haji Sher Bahadur; PML-N’s Gul Kareem Khan; All Bajaur Political Alliance president Qazi Abdul Manan; Malik Shaheen Khan; Malik Attaullah Khan; Malik Mohammed Yar Khan; Malik Sultanzeb; Malik Hifzur Rahman; JUI-F’s Haji Said Ahmad Jan; Maulana Khanzeb; and All Bajaur Traders Association president Mohammad Hameed.

They showed concerns over the prevailing law and order situation in the district. They said that incidents of violence were on the rise in the district.

The speakers said that residents of Bajaur were peace-loving people and wanted protection of their lives and properties. They said that the residents of Bajaur played vital role in the war against terrorism. They demanded of the district administration and police to take effective steps to improve law and order.

“The meeting decided to arrange “Qaumi Aman March” on January 5 to prove that the residents of Bajaur want peace, normalcy, prosperity and development instead of violence on their soil, which has been a witness to it for the last 16 years,” Maulana Abdur Rasheed, who is also chief of the local chapter of JUI-F, told journalists after the meeting.

Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2022