QUETTA, Jan 3: The chief of the Balochistan Jafaria Alliance (BJA), Allama Maqsood Domki, on Thursday demanded of the federal government and the NWFP governor to reopen the national highway in Kurram Agency and expel foreigners from the area.

He said the closure was causing shortage of commodities and medicines in Parachinar.

Speaking at a news conference at the press club here, he blamed foreign settlers for fomenting differences between different sects in the agency.