Lakki villagers end protest after factory agrees to hire locals.

LAKKI MARWAT -- The residents of Wanda Jogi area on Saturday ended their protest sit-in staged outside a cement factory in Darra Pezu town of Lakki Marwat after successful talks between a government team and their leaders.

District police officer Mohammad Ashfaq Khan announced on Saturday night the government team had been in contact with elders and protest leaders for last two days, and finally the talks proved result-oriented with the help of the factory management.

He said the factory's management agreed to recruit locals in the unit and also launch public welfare projects in the area.

It is important to mention here that the police had arrested over two dozen villagers when they launched agitation against the factory and stopped supply of raw material to it from a mountain till acceptance of their demands.

Following the arrests, the protesters attacked the police station in Pezu city and got freed the villagers, mostly youths. Afterwards, they reached the factory and damaged the property. The protesters alleged the factory was using their resources to earn billions of rupees annually, but didn't...

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