KHYBER,: Thousands of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Rajgal threatened that they will march to Tirah Valley if the government fails to repatriate them to their respective villages.
In a protest gathering held at Bab-e-Khyber on Friday speakers including Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Head of Bara Sayasi Ittehad Shareen Afridi, Khan Wali (Jamat-e-Islami) President of Zwan Koki Khel organization Sanaullah Afridi, Munir Aurakzai, Barkat Afridi, Said Kabeer and others said that one and half decade back thousands residents of Rajgal and the surrounding areas were forced to relocate from their hometowns in wake of militancy and forces operation.
Since then, they had been serving their lives as IDPs in Jamrud and down towns.
Ironically, the majority of Koki Khel displaced people had not been declared IDPs, which was injustice to them as they had suffered hardships for restoration of peace, they remarked.
They criticized the government for ignoring their sacrifices, rendered for the sake of the country.
They questioned the rationale behind not allowing remaining families of Koki Khel IDPS to go to their homes despite claims of eliminating militancy and securing the border.
Condemning police offence on organizing camp of Pakhtun Jirga(Pakhtun Court) at Regi Lalma,Peshawar,the speakers said that it was not a sin to raise voice for the rights of Pakhtun community.
They maintained that billions of rupees had been devoured in the name of restoration of peace but the citizens were still unsafe in their houses.
The participants threatened that if the government fails to repatriate them in near days then they will march to Rajgal on Oct 14,2024 to settle the Koki Khel IDPs.
It is to be mentioned here that the Koki Khel IDPs have been agitating (blocking Pak-Afghan highway for export and import) for the last one and half months in favor of their demands.
