SWABI, Oct 10: People engaged with the business of music and video CDs have announced that they will wind up their business and adopt some other profession/business to earn their livelihood.

The decision was taken at a meeting held at the office of DSP Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah on Wednesday, which was attended by CD Traders’ Association president Zarwali Khan and others.

Mr Zarwali said after the meeting that their desire was to maintain peace in Swabi and play a constructive role in the development of the district. He said police had not pressurised them to give up the CD business and they had taken the decision in the interest of the district and its people. He said they had already curtailed their business in Ramazan and after Ramazan there would be no CD business in the district.

However, insiders said police had pressurised them to wind up the business to avoid any untoward incident.

They said a bomb blast at a CD shop in Peshawar on Tuesday injuring 25 people and attacks on CD shops across the province had forced the local administration to take precautionary measures.

DSP Shah also declined that police had put pressure on CD shop owners. He said that on the directive of district police officer Zebullah Khan, the meeting of CD traders and shop owners was convened, who expressed willingness to voluntarily give up the business.

Answering a question about the old stock of CDs, he said they had not much stock, adding that keeping in mind the prevailing situation in the province they had already reduced their business.

On April 21, a bomb blast had taken place in a CD shop in Gulzada Market at Shewa Adda. Two people were killed in a bomb blast on Aug 15 at a tuition centre in Turlandi.