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Pakistan Protests
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Pakistan: Jamiat Ulem-i-Islam-Fazl-led protest sit-in takes place in Bajaur

| @indiablooms | Aug 22, 2022, at 11:31 pm

Bajaur, Pakistan: The Jamiat Ulem-i-Islam-Fazl-led protest sit-in took place for the second consecutive day in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal district on Saturday.

They have been demonstrating against the deteriorating law and order situation in the region.

People from different walks of life, including political and social activists, youths, and elders participated in the protest sit-in staged outside the Civil Colony, Khar, which houses the residences of government officials, reports Dawn News.

JUI-F district chief Maulana Abdur Rasheed, ANP leaders Sheikh Jan Zada, Nisar Baz Khan, PPP’s Syed Akhunzada Chattan, JI’s Qari Abdul Majeed, former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Eng Shaukatullah Khan, Khar traders’ association president Haji Khan Bahadur, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Malik Asghar Khan, PML-N leader Malik Shahauddin Khan and PTI MNA Gul Dad Khan attended the sit-in.

JUI-F district chief Maulana Abdur Rasheed told Dawn News the agitation would continue till the authorities took concrete steps to maintain law and order in the region. He said SHO of the police station concerned would be responsible if any incident of killing happened in his jurisdiction.

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