The Pashtuns are justifying the siege in solidarity with their deobandi Sunnis and the rest of the country don't care.

The majority of the people are subsistence farmers and the former Fata is one of the most poorest place in the country. The siege is taking tool on the people.

There is an unprecedented rise in food prices. There is a shortage of fuel and medicines. My cousins are sitting in their homes as there is no fuel to take them to their schools.