NOWSHERA: Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Jalozai Camp Sunday refused to go back to their homes in Bajaur though peace had been restored in the agency.
Reacting to the government decision of sending back the IDPs to Bajaur, the IDPs took out a protest rally.
The IDPs threatened to take to road if their demands were not met by March 25, adding that their protest would continue till the acceptance of their demands including enforcement of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation in Bajaur; grant of Rs0.5 million to each family for rehabilitation and guarantee of peace. They said their houses were destroyed in the operation, besides most of their relatives were killed and injured.
Official sources said that almost 6,000 families, comprising 32,000 individuals, had been accommodated in the camp.
Earlier, an official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said the situations were peaceful in the agency and the affectees could return to their homes.
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