Three-day curfew imposed in Bajaur for ‘targeted operation’
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: A three-day curfew has been imposed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district with 27 areas locked down in Mamund tehsil and roads blocked for a targeted operation, authorities said on Monday.
All residents have been asked to stay indoors, with the authorities warning that curfew violations would be at the residents’ own risk, according to a notification issued by the K-P government.
The district administration said the curfew in Mamund would remain in effect from 11am on August 11 till 11am on August 14.
Earlier, hundreds of families left the area, seeking safety in other parts of the district and beyond.
To accommodate them, district authorities vacated 107 public schools and colleges besides setting up a camp of 450 tents at Bajaur Sports Complex.
The district administration had also ordered the removal of maize crops planted within 100 metres of the roadside.
Farmers were given a three-day ultimatum to harvest their crops, with officials citing security considerations behind the directive.
Authorities said the measures were part of precautionary steps being taken as the situation remains volatile in the region.
On Friday, a Jirga in Bajaur comprising tribal elders and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), entered the seventh round of the Bajaur Peace Jirga, which concluded without a breakthrough, as negotiations hit deadlock on a key point of contention between the two parties.
Both sides raised objections to a particular clause under discussion, resulting in a stalemate.
