Shawal Valley, Razmak and Dattakhel in North Waziristan near the Pak-Afghan border had received heavy snowfall during the past two days. Some of the link roads in these areas were blocked after the snowfall.
The residents in Dattakhel, Shawal and Razmak complained of severe cold in the areas. Besides mountains which received five to seven feet snow, the tribesmen said, two feet snow was recorded in villages in plain areas of the tribal region.
Meanwhile, hours long power outages multiplied hardships of the tribemen. Apart from villages, the tribesmen have complained of shortage of drinking water in Miramshah and Mirali, the two major towns of North Waziristan, because of no power for the past two days.
“Earlier, there was 15 to 25 hours unannounced loadshedding but now the power supply has been suspended for the past two days, leaving the poor tribesmen to suffer in cold,” a tribesman Sharafat Khan complained.
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