PESHAWAR, Feb 12: The Sarhad Ulema Council has asked the NWFP government to take action against the criminals involved in the killings of Shia mourners in Hangu in 2006, collect Rs20 million fine from the attackers, pay compensation to the bereaved families, withdraw bogus cases against Shia mourners, expel Afghan refugees from the district and set up army and Forntier Corps check-posts in Hangu.

Addressing a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club on Monday, SUC chief Allama Khursheed Anwar Jawadi said the Shia community had been a target of killings since 1980s, but the killers remained unarrested.

He said Afghan refugees, who had been a permanent source of trouble all over the country, had moved into areas around Hangu.

He said this year, the same terrorists, who had been roaming free since 1980, had once again unleashed terror in Bannu, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat, Peshawar and Hangu.

Allama Jawadi demanded of the government to arrest the killers, pay compensation to the victims, expel Afghan refugees and make the high court findings public, otherwise they had no option but to launch a protest against the government.