BannuResidents say militants demand up to Rs100,000 from fleeing families.
Displaced families fear their homes and farmland are lost the longer they stay away.
Militants also demand a share of crops, and residents say houses of families that left without paying were demolished.
Hathikhel elders say peace needs the safe return of displaced families, and tribesmen vow to keep resisting.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn leans critical
- details militant extortion pyramid: Rs100k+ for houses, higher for foreign-worker families, forced crops, demolished homes
Sources: Dawn