Day six: Curfew relaxed for three hours

Official says during the relaxation hundreds of stranded passengers left for Mirali and Miramshah from Bannu.

MIRAMSHAH: Curfew in North Waziristan Agency was relaxed for three hours, after six consecutive days, said an official of the political administration. The official added that the political administration on Tuesday morning relaxed the curfew for three hours. The official added that during the relaxation hundreds of stranded passengers left for Mirali and Miramshah from Bannu.  “There is a danger of plague in the area due to the foul smell of rotting vegetables and edible items” a tribesmen in Miramshah Bazaar explained adding that most of the people were forced to buy rotten vegetables due to the limited hours that the curfew was lifted for.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 14^th, 2014.