KHAR: The traders and shopkeepers in Bajaur Agency on Saturday asked the political administration to reopen a market closed for last 12 days or else they would launch a protest campaign.
The demand was made during an emergency meeting of the All Tajir Association, Bajaur Agency, held with its president Sher Bahadur in the chair.
The participants said that the political administration had shut down the main market in Inayat Killay.
They said that the vegetables and other items of daily use at the market had been rotten and caused financial losses to the traders.
They feared that other edibles would rotten if the market was not reopened shortly.
They said the traders and shopkeepers were ready to support the political administration and security forces in maintaining peace in the area.