PESHAWAR, April 17: The displaced persons from Bajaur, Khyber and Mohmand agencies have said that they will take part in the sit-in of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) to block supply of goods to Nato forces in Afghanistan.

Flanked by PTI provincial secretary information Zahid Hussain Mohmand, they said that they had always supported Imran Khan for his brave stance against the US strikes in tribal areas.

They said that thousands of internally displaced persons, currently staying in Jalozai camp, would reach Hayatabad on April 23 to participate in the two-day sit-in.

Syed Ishtiaq Hussain Shah, the organiser of the sit-in, said that they had planned a peaceful protest against drone strikes, which killed innocent people including women and children. “People are sick with the government, which has put sovereignty of the country at stake just to placate the US and prolong its corruption-riddled government,” he said.

The PTI workers from nook and corner of the province would converge in Hayatabad to block supply of goods to Nato forces in Afghanistan via Peshawar, he said.

“The weapons supplied to the US and Nato forces through Pakistan are used against innocent people of tribal areas,” he said, adding the supplies should be blocked to save people from being killed and wounded without any fault of theirs.

“The PTI under the dynamic leadership of Imran Khan will not sit idle rather it will offer tough resistance to the apologetic position of government on drone attacks,” Mr Shah said. The so-called US-led war against terrorism, he said, had caused massive mass exoduses from Fata.

He said that displaced tribesmen were spending sleepless nights in camps owing to lack of electricity, water and sanitation facilities.

The government, he said, was responsible for the prevalent law- lessness in tribal areas that had exposed the inhabitants to plethora of problems.

Mr Mohmand said that Nato supplies would be blocked on April 23 as a mark of protest against the US and Pakistan governments. Responsibility of any untoward incident would rest with the government if it tried to create hurdle in the sit-in, he said.

He said that PTI chairman Imran Khan would be present at the sit-in for two days. Arrangements at the district level had been finalised to for the sit-in, he said.

Different committees had been assigned tasks to make the event a success, he said, adding that Jamaat-i-Islami had also announced support for the sit-in. The party provincial president Asad Qaisar had met Maulana Samiul Haq of JUI, who also assured participation to show unity against the US aggression, he added.