Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa is not yet finalized, but creating problems and put Hazara in blaze. Demand for Soba Hazara increasing day by day.

The NWFP government has constituted a four-member ministerial committee to hold talks with representatives of the anti-Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa movement in order to end the unrest in Hazara Division.

This seems like a good move. Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti presided over the  meeting in which collective prayers for those who died in the Timergara bomb blast and Abbottabad violence were offered.

The provincial minister said the four-member ministerial committee would negotiate with an independent committee, comprising representatives from the Hazara Division, to remove their genuine grievances. He also held responsible the Pakistan Muslim League-Q for the unrest in Hazara where peaceful protests turned violent after the visit of PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and others.

Earlier, addressing the cabinet, the chief minister said that the situation in Hazara and Abbottabad was a political dispute, which must be settled politically. “Difference in opinion is part of democracy and being a democratic government, we need to respect the opinion of every person. Freedom of opinion is a basic right,” he said, adding that 18th Amendment had been prepared by political forces and had been endorsed by parliament with absolute majority.

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Protests are still on, with the same energy thus brutally effecting routine like in Hazara. Enraged protesters were still on the streets of Abbotabad and Mansehrah. FC contingents have been called in. PML (N) seems to be in trouble and PML (Q) getting the full advantage. Khawaja Saad Rafiq (N) accepted that they haven’t anticipated the amount of protest currently going on. He further said we can still work out a solution through dialogue but demand of new province is just out of question.

Another injured of the yesterday’s violent clashes died because of sever injuries, raising the death toll to eight.

The funeral prayers of the victims were offered today in Mansehra, Garhi Habibullah and Tehsil Balakot.

At least eight people were killed and over 100 injured yesterday in violent protests organized by the Tehreek Soobah Hazarah, despite ban. Later, the Movement announced three-day mourning.

Complete shutter-down and wheel-jam strike was observed in Abbottabad and Haripur. The angry protesters bunred tyres near Mandian, Jab Pul, Supplai, Sarband Chawk and Lorry Adda and closed Karakoram Highway.

The demonstrators blocked Shahrah-e-Hazarah in Haripur, as well.

The demonstrators thrown stones on vehicles and broke down the signboards.

Like other districts of Hazarah Division, Mansehra was also observing complete strike today to mark the mourning for those killed with no traffic on roads in the city.

The protesters blocked various roads in the city.

The city administration announced to close all educational institutions for three days and Hazara University and all its campuses would remain closed for indefinite period.

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