It emerged that violence erupted in Shangla district’s Bisham tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday as citizens protested against the “unjust” distribution of free flour. Bisham Assistant Commissioner (AC) Muhammad Jawad Asif said that the residents of the Maira area of Bisham tehsil had blocked the Karakoram Highway while staging the protest. He added that police had been deployed in the area to deal with any untoward situation.
