PESHAWAR: Students of different educational institutions held a demonstration at Sher Shah Suri Road on Friday to remember the 18 people who, they said, were killed in one locality during operation in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency a year ago.

Afridi Students Union arranged the demonstration and camp where they had displayed portraits of the deceased. The participants were holding banners inscribed with demands for compensating the affected families.

They said that the victims belonged to poor families and abhorred terrorism. They urged the government to announce a financial package for the orphans and widows so they could lead life with honour.