Talks between traders and political authorities failed

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The final round of talks between the political administration and traders’ organisation over reopening of the Inayat Kallay bazaar ended inconclusive on Thursday.




The political authorities and the Anjuman Tajiran held several rounds of talks to reopen the bazaar closed for 16 months.



An official privy to the meeting told Dawn the traders rejected the terms and conditions set by the political administration for reopening of the bazaar, which led to failure of the negotiations.



The terms presented by the administration to traders included maintenance of peace, barring the entry of armed men in the bazaar, protecting security personnel from militant attacks, handing over of those responsible for the killing of a Levies man some months ago in the bazaar and payment of Rs500,000 as compensation to his family members.