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Powerful Swat tribes join hands with forces
From the Newspaper
Yesterday
Dawn Report
MINGORA, Nov 2: Three powerful tribes have joined hands with security forces to restore peace and flush out remnants of militants from their respective areas in Swat district.
The Mulla, Mian and Gujar tribes extended support to security forces during a jirga, held in Gut Peuchar. A large number of local people participated in the jirga. The elders of the three tribes including former nazim Bar Shor, Sher Bahadar and Mukaram Khan addressed the jirga and pledged that they would take arms against militants. We will never let them return to our areas, they said.
Brig Qazi Akram, commander of 54 Brigade, said that support of local people was good omen and indication of positive development that all the divergent tribes were united under the Pakistani flag to restore peace in the region.
He said the move would not only encourage security personnel but also patriotic residents of Swat to take arms against enemies of Pakistan and Islam. He said that army knew how to deal with the agents of foreign agencies.
He said that construction of government high school Shor and some other middle schools in the area would be started soon.
He said that survey of other schools was underway and work on those would be started after completion of survey.
It is worth mentioning that Mulla, Mian and Gujar tribes inhabit Peuchar, former headquarters of militants. Most of the militants in Swat belong to these tribes.
KILEED: Two militants were killed and a security man was injured in exchange of fire in Swat valley on Tuesday, sources said.
They said that security personnel spotted two suspected persons with dubious activities and asked them to stop for checking. The suspected persons in response opened firing on them, they added.
Security forces retaliated and killed both the alleged militants on the spot. The dead were identified as Mohammad Amin of Gul Shah and Gulyar of Chaqor. A security man also sustained injuries in the incident.
KHAR: The political administration arrested 72 persons during a crackdown under collective responsibility act of FCR in Bajaur tribal region on Tuesday.
Sources said that Bajaur Levies on the directives of political administration conducted raids in different localities of headquarters Khar after firing in the air by unidentified persons and violation of curfew. Seventy two tribesmen including children were arrested during the swoop.
The arrested persons were shifted to Khar jail. The local people expressed concern over the action, saying the detained persons were tortured for doing nothing wrong.
They said that political administration failed to protect the lives and properties of the people.
Assistant Political Agent Tariq Khan told Dawn that the political tehsildar and Levies personnel were issued list of some persons, suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of senior physician Dr Khan Badshah. He said that soon the innocent people would be freed.
Powerful Swat tribes join hands with forces | DAWN.COM
From the Newspaper
Yesterday
Dawn Report
MINGORA, Nov 2: Three powerful tribes have joined hands with security forces to restore peace and flush out remnants of militants from their respective areas in Swat district.
The Mulla, Mian and Gujar tribes extended support to security forces during a jirga, held in Gut Peuchar. A large number of local people participated in the jirga. The elders of the three tribes including former nazim Bar Shor, Sher Bahadar and Mukaram Khan addressed the jirga and pledged that they would take arms against militants. We will never let them return to our areas, they said.
Brig Qazi Akram, commander of 54 Brigade, said that support of local people was good omen and indication of positive development that all the divergent tribes were united under the Pakistani flag to restore peace in the region.
He said the move would not only encourage security personnel but also patriotic residents of Swat to take arms against enemies of Pakistan and Islam. He said that army knew how to deal with the agents of foreign agencies.
He said that construction of government high school Shor and some other middle schools in the area would be started soon.
He said that survey of other schools was underway and work on those would be started after completion of survey.
It is worth mentioning that Mulla, Mian and Gujar tribes inhabit Peuchar, former headquarters of militants. Most of the militants in Swat belong to these tribes.
KILEED: Two militants were killed and a security man was injured in exchange of fire in Swat valley on Tuesday, sources said.
They said that security personnel spotted two suspected persons with dubious activities and asked them to stop for checking. The suspected persons in response opened firing on them, they added.
Security forces retaliated and killed both the alleged militants on the spot. The dead were identified as Mohammad Amin of Gul Shah and Gulyar of Chaqor. A security man also sustained injuries in the incident.
KHAR: The political administration arrested 72 persons during a crackdown under collective responsibility act of FCR in Bajaur tribal region on Tuesday.
Sources said that Bajaur Levies on the directives of political administration conducted raids in different localities of headquarters Khar after firing in the air by unidentified persons and violation of curfew. Seventy two tribesmen including children were arrested during the swoop.
The arrested persons were shifted to Khar jail. The local people expressed concern over the action, saying the detained persons were tortured for doing nothing wrong.
They said that political administration failed to protect the lives and properties of the people.
Assistant Political Agent Tariq Khan told Dawn that the political tehsildar and Levies personnel were issued list of some persons, suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of senior physician Dr Khan Badshah. He said that soon the innocent people would be freed.
Powerful Swat tribes join hands with forces | DAWN.COM
