Massive protests break out in Lakki as terror returns.
Speakers are against military action and local population displacement.
Saturday saw tens of thousands of people in the Lakki Marwat area of Khyber[1]Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) take to the streets to demonstrate against the deteriorating law and order situation.
The protest was attended by a sizable number of locals, including members of all major political parties’ staffs, members of civil society, attorneys, and students.
Friday, terrorists attacked a nearby college where the army was deployed, prompting a call for protest from Olasi Pasawon Lakki Marwat.
Thousands of people participated in a march that began at Aman Chowk and finished at Shaheed Abid Ali Chowk as part of the protest.
Protesters included Manzoor Pashteen of the Pakhtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) and Shahi Khan Shirani, the senior vice president of the Awami National Party (ANP).
Participants chanted slogans and called for decisive measures to be taken against the terrorists.
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On this special occasion, delegates also voted to rename Kargil Chowk to Aman Chowk.
Let it be known that the administration and everyone else may expect zero tolerance for any military activity.
We will not stand by while thousands of locals are uprooted in the name of some fake military operation, the speakers said to the audience.
Manzoor Pashteen said that a demonstration outside Islamabad’s royal palaces would be necessary if terrorist attacks and their follow-up operations were not halted in Pakhtun territory.
He pleaded with the people of Lakki Marwat to put aside their differences and work together to end the lawlessness plaguing the area.
“Everyone eyes underground gas and oil reserves in the region which are underground, but no one is willing to pay attention to the poor road infrastructure and lack of other facilities above ground,” he said.
It’s worth noting that with the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, Lakki has become one of the most violent districts in K-P.
After the United States’ withdrawal, the TTP was free to reorganize and concentrate on cross-border terrorism in Pakistan.
On Friday, several residents of Swat took to the streets to demonstrate against the region’s poor security.
