Fata students protest arrest of colleague

PESHAWAR: The office-bearers of Fata Students Federation on Friday staged demonstration against the arrest of their colleague and demanded the government to ensure his early release and stop the series of arrests of tribal students. The demonstration was led by the president of the association Burhanuddin Chamkani. The protesting students said Arif Afridi, who is Khyber Agency president of the federation and a student of BA, was picked up from Landay Sarak area on Charsadda Road about two weeks ago and he has been untraced so far. They claimed Arif Afridi was not involved in any unlawful activity. They said several tribal students had been arrested before him. They demanded CM and IGP to stop the illegal arrests of tribal students.