The Malakand chapter of the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) outfit banned the movement and shopping by the womenfolk in the main bazaars of Dargai and Batkhela on Sunday.Sources said that shopkeepers in the markets had received threatening letters from the TTP, warning them to stop the women from visiting their shops. "Those who don't comply with the TTP directives should be prepared to face the consequences," the letters warned.
It was learnt that those women, who were going out alone without male family members, had also been warned. However, some of the shopkeepers in the Super Market, Bara Market, Sitara Market, Abaseen Market, Waqar Market, Waqas Market and other shopping markets have already notified the womenfolk not to visit their shops without their male family members.
The letters also warned the CD and music shop owners to stop their business immediately, adding that they were spreading obscenity among the youth of the area.The sources said that the TTP also warned the medical superintendent of the headquarters hospital in Batkhela to appoint male and lady medical technicians in the emergency and ultrasound wards forthwith, which had been a longstanding demand of patients.