Summary Leaders from KP political parties participated in the conference.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – The participants of All Parties Conference (APC) organized by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday demanded the federal government to announce an anticipated timeframe to end the ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb, and to provide more relief to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Dunya News reported.
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak presided the meeting where political and parliamentary leaders participated.
Political parties presented various recommendations and a joint statement was issued as the conference concluded. Provincial Information Minister Shah Farman read the 18-point statement to the press. Farman said that all parties from across the province expressed concerns over the situation following the military operation Zarb-e-Azb, adding that thousands have been killed in the war so far.
The statement demanded the government to raise the monthly allowance of IDPs to fifty thousand rupees per family. It also demanded the government to announce a timeframe about the conclusion of the operation.
APC also demanded to secure lives and properties of those persons who are stuck in the line of fire and could not be evacuated.
The joint statement demanded formation of relief coordination committee comprising elected members from federal and provincial government and Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA).
The leaders also demanded the government to feed the livestock to avoid a major crisis.
It further demanded the IDP camps to be placed inside buildings and not in open air fields because of intense heat.
