Waziristan shopkeepers not ending sit-in protest in Peshawar.

PESHAWAR -- The people of North Waziristan affected from militancy and military operations, who are staging a sit-in outside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for the last one month, have announced to continue their protest despite approval of a compensation grant by the provincial government. People from North Waziristan gather at a small park outside the KP Assembly every day and chant slogans and hoist black flags. These people disperse in the evening and gather at the same place the next morning again. Payment of compensation to the affectees of Operation Zarb-e-Azb is continuing in different phases, however, owners of damaged properties are of the view that many deserving people have been left out and survey of damages...

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