Maidan tribe Compensated

BARA: The political administration  on Thursday distributed  compensation cheques  among 300 tribesmen belonging  to the Malikdinkhel tribe in  Maidan area of Tirah valley in  Khyber Agency whose houses  were destroyed during militancy  in 2013.  The distribution was made  at a ceremony held at the Khyber  House in Peshawar, which  was attended by local elders  and officials of political administration.  Senator Momin Khan Afridi  was the chief guest at the  event.Speaking on the occasion,  Momin Afridi said compensation  cheques were distributed  among 300 tribesmen  whose houses had been either  damaged or destroyed in militancy  related incidents in  Maidan area in Tirah valley.  The senator said the  cheques were given to the internally  displaced persons in  two categories.  Those in the category-I will  get Rs0.4 million while  Rs160,000 in category-II for  the partially damaged houses.  He added that in the fourth  phase the administration  would distribute Rs105.84 million  among 300 militancy affected  families of the agency.  A total of 802 people have  been compensated so far in  four phases.