PESHAWAR: The All Parties Political Alliance North Waziristan Agency has expressed grave concern over the destruction of shopping markets in the tribal agency and has demanded of the federal government to constitute a committee to assess the financial losses and approve a comprehensive compensation package for the affected business community. Speaking at a joint press conference at the Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday,the alliance leaders led by its President Hafiz FarhadAli, said that at least 21,000 shops had been destroyed during the operation against terrorists but the owners had not been compensated so far. He said that the shops, trade markets were located at Mir Ali, Mirnasha, PatisiAdda, Degan and other adjacent areas where business activities had come to a standstill due to the destruction of the markets. The financial losses faced by the locals, he said would be in billions of rupees as there were big markets which were abandoned by the people due to the launch of a military operation against militancy in the area. Flanked by Zahidin Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Abdul Khalil of the Awami National Party, Malik Dilbar Khan of the QaumiWatan Party, Shams-ur-Rahman of the Pakistan People’s party, Waseem Dawar, AshfaqDawar of students groups (youth) and representatives of local traders, MrFarhad Ali said that the business community had lost its entire capital due to the destruction of the markets. “We have convened an all parties’ conference at Al-Markz-e-Islami Peshawar on Oct 28 where representatives of the media and the civil society organisations would also participate in order to constitute a committee for contacting military officials, preferably the Chief of Army Staff Gen RaheelShareef and the President of Pakistan MamnoonHussain, to seek their help in the payment of compensation to the affected ones. He said that the invitation had also been given to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor,IqbalZaffarJhagra and the KP Speaker AsadQaiser, to share their views, saying that if the APC failed to prove fruitful then the tribal people would have only one option and that was taking to the issue to the United Nations. The rest of the representatives of the political parties, while sharing views rejected the version of the federal government about the construction of shopping markets and initiating developmental schemes in North Waziristan Agency, saying that the rulers were dodging the people. Abdul Khalil said that if the government was true in its statement it should send media teams to the tribal region to know the factual position. He said that the displaced families on return to their localities were facing serious problems in availing healthcare facilities while the educational institutions were also closed and the children were unable to get education. He blamed the federal government for embezzling the funds collected in name of the IDPs. He also pointed out that a piece of land measuring five thousand Kanals at Dattakhel had been occupied by the political administration and urged the government to give possession of the land back to the owners so that they could use it for agriculture purposes.