One cop killed, 3 injured in roadside bomb blast 1 cop among two hurt in explosion,,, http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/55058//
Farooq Mehsud
D.I.KHAN: One police personal was killed while three other sustained injuries when their vehicle hit a road-side planted remote control bomb in Garah Jana village of Tehsil Kulachi District of DI khan on Saturday Morning, Police official conforms.
The killed police personal identified as Abid resident of Kach DI khan, and the three injureds named Muddasir Ali shah resident of Bannu, Atta Ullah and Khadim Hussain both resident of Noshera KPK.
The injured were than rushed to the DHQ Hospital DI khan for treatment where Atta ullah was in serious condition while the other two were said to be out of danger.
The injured police personal Muddasir Ali shah, told Frontier post “that when our vehicle reached to one damage bridge in Garah Jana village 2 Km from Police Station Kulachi DI khan the police mobile in front of us went through safely, but when our vehicle in which total 30 personals were traveling reachedS close to bridge, a bomb went off”.
Muddasir Ali shah further added that after the blast fear spread, police personals did fire against persons, seen running away, but they escaped in herbs
After the attack Police official and Bomb disposal squad reached to the spot and started search operation in the area, so far no one was arrested and no one has claimed responsibility of attack yet.
APP ads; One cop among two injured in blast: Two persons including a policeman were injured when an explosion occurred near a police van in Scheme Chowk area of Badaber village, Kohat road on Saturday, police control confirmed.
According to the police control, a blast occurred near a police mobile on Kohat Road in Scheme Chowk area of Peshawar. The police mobile van, which was on routine patrolling, came under attack when some unknown miscreants planted explosive material in a gas calendar went off suddenly with remote control device, injuring two persons including a police cop on the spot and one pedestrian.
Soon after the attack, the officials of the security forces cordoned off the area and started search operation. The officials of the rescue 1122 and Edhi rushed on the spot and shifted the injured to the Lady Ready Hospital for medical treatment.
The two injured were in stable condition and received minor injuries, Doctor on Duty in Lady Reading Hospital said.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Excessive rise of female psychiatric patients as a result of drone attacks
Excessive rise of female psychiatric patients as a result of drone attacks,,,,http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/50577/
2013-10-28
Farooq Mehsud
PESHAWAR: \"The terrible deafening blast, followed by smoke and dust that covered the house of my neighbour was frightening; my whole body was trembling; but I dared to look at what happened in my neighbours. I saw mutilated bodies buried under the debris of the destroyed house,\" said 40-year-old Rukhsana Bibi while narrating the ordeal of the US drone strike at a house in Baghar, a border village of South Waziristan, on 12th August, 2008 in which 13 people including women and children were killed.
Journalists and local tribesmen were not allowed to visit the spot hit by the US drone attack because the Taliban had cordoned off the targeted area, but being the closest neighbour, Rukhsana Bibi was the first to witness the devastation even before Taliban\'s arrival. \"Since the day I witnessed I am restless, using sleeping pills on regular basis to have some sound sleep,\" Rukhsana Bibi added.
\"Whenever my mother sees drones flying in the area she hides herself in a room to avoid hearing the buzzing sound of the unmanned planes,\" said Shams Ullah, the older son of Rukhsana Bibi.
\"Our mother is under treatment, but we can\'t hope for Rukhsana\'s complete recovery until the end of US drones\' buzzing sounds and strikes in the region,\" Shams Ullah added.
Arms-twisted analysts and so-called human rights activists missed the gory aspect of the controversial and unabated drone strikes, which left many tribesmen, women and children psychologically ill in the tribal badland.
Forget about the steps taken by the government and international community for the education and health of families who left parts of the war-battered Fata, most of the elderly and children of families trapped inside Fata have developed mental problems following years long campaign of remotely-piloted drones flying over the region almost round-the-clock.
An illiterate village lady, Rukhsana Bibi, is one victim among hundreds or even thousands of women living in the border region who have developed psychological disorders due to the continuing US drone campaign and strikes in the tribal belt of Pakistan, especially North and South Waziristan.
\"About 80 percent of the womenfolk and children in the restive tribal regions are suffering from mental disorders and psychic problems, said Dr Muneer Dawar, head of the District Headquarters and Teaching Hospital Psychiatry ward in Dera Ismail Khan. Dr Muneer mostly deals the patients from North and South Waziristan Agencies.
The alarming increase of psychiatry patients in the tribal regions has been reported but the government has failed to help the tribesmen and provide them with better health care facilities. Due to meager resources the poor tribesmen couldn\'t migrate from the tribal region to nearby settled districts.
Gul Bano, 45, a housewife has developed a mental disorder since 24th February 2010, when a US drone strike at a house next to her home killed nine including a child and inflicted injuries on three others in the Dargai Mandi area of North Wazirsitan Agency. She has become a psychiatric patient and whenever she hears the sound of US drones immediately she runs inside the cellar built inside their house for protection from drone strikes and shelling from military and militants, said her husband, Ayub Khan.
Ayub Khan added, \"Gull Bano was taken to a psychiatrist in District Bannu where the psychiatrist suggested shifting of Gull Bano to an area where Bano couldn\'t see US drones hovering over there and also couldn\'t hear its buzzing sounds.\"
Acting upon the advice of Dr Javaid Akhter, head of the Psychiatry department of Khalif Gull Nawaz Teaching Hospital in Bannu, Gull Banno was shifted to Dera Ismail Khan (DIK). Gull Bano\'s husband said that consequently Bano lost her fear of US drones.
\"But after two years we went back to our hometown as I lost my job abroad and now could not afford to live in a rented house in DIK. As we reached the limits of North Waziristan Agency, Gul Bano again heard the same hateful sounds of drone planes and this time her sense of insecurity and fear of being hit was stronger than before,\" said Ayub Khan, a taxi driver in United Arab Emirates.
Dr Mian Iftikhar, focal person for the Pakistan Psychiatrist Society in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa said that there are 450 registered psychiatrists in the country inhabited by 200 million people but there is not even a single post in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) for Psychiatrist.
\"No care is taken for mental problems of FATA people and it is the reason that the number of psychological problems in the people of FATA are constantly on the rise,\" Dr Ifitkhar said, adding that alongside drone strikes, joblessness and lack of opportunities are also contributing to the increase of mental disorder patients in FATA.
Dr Muneer Dawar, further explained that women feel insecure while children develop a severe sense of fear in the areas where drone strikes are conducted frequently, adding that the situation has worsened with the passage of time as the number of US drone planes are increasing to fly over the region. Dr Muneer added that mental weakness is developing in the young generation who are living in areas which are under continuous surveillance of the US drones, saying that future generation will have a lot of mentally weakness and psychological disorder.
\"Such future generation with psychological disorder can easily be recycled by militants to carry out terror attacks and suicide bombing,\" Dr Muneer warned.
The London based Bureau of Investigative Journalism has compiled press reports that indicate US Drone strikes have killed up to 2525 to 3613 people in Pakistan since 17th June 2004, the first strike in which Taliban commander Nek Muhammad, and two children were killed in Wana, South Waziristan. Less than 2 percent of the high-profile targets are killed by C.I.A drones in the tribal belt of Pakistan.
The issue of psychological disorders faced by tribal women has been highlighted by the non-governmental organizations as the number of psychiatric patient visiting Peshawar and other cities is growing in leaps and bounds.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has finalized its program to conduct a fact finding survey inside the tribal areas.
\"Women there are the worst sufferers as they are totally confined to their houses and cannot share their problems with anyone\" Shahid ullah Jan, Peshawar based head of the HRCP said.
However, the issue of the US drone strikes in FATA has been raised before the Peshawar High Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan and both the highly esteemed courts declared US drone strikes as illegal and in violation of the country\'s sovereignty. \"Despite high Judiciary\'s decision, declaring US drones strikes illegal, no practical steps have been taken in this regard and this is in contempt of court, said Advocate Shahzad Akber, a lawyer handling the cases against US drone strikes in Pakistan\'s tribal belt.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly from South Wazirsitan, Ghalib Khan Wazir, said that innocent tribal people are becoming victims of the US drone strikes, and therefore, US drone operations must be halted as soon as possible. Ghalib said that the N-league leadership is not silent over the issue adding that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had raised the issue of US drone strikes in United Nation General Assembly session.
A global movement who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights.Amnesty International,new major report released on 22 October 2013 said,New evidence indicates that the USA has carried out unlawful killings in Pakistan through drone attacks, some of which could even amount to war crimes,
\"Secrecy surrounding the drones program gives the US administration a license to kill beyond the reach of the courts or basic standards of international law. It\'s time for the USA to come clean about the drones program and hold those responsible for these violations to account,\" said Mustafa Qadri, Amnesty International\'s Pakistan Researcher.
I am looking towards the sky and thinking with fear, watching US drones flying continuously, and praying for the vanishing of US drones from this part of the world, Rukhsana Bibi concluded.
2013-10-28
Farooq Mehsud
PESHAWAR: \"The terrible deafening blast, followed by smoke and dust that covered the house of my neighbour was frightening; my whole body was trembling; but I dared to look at what happened in my neighbours. I saw mutilated bodies buried under the debris of the destroyed house,\" said 40-year-old Rukhsana Bibi while narrating the ordeal of the US drone strike at a house in Baghar, a border village of South Waziristan, on 12th August, 2008 in which 13 people including women and children were killed.
Journalists and local tribesmen were not allowed to visit the spot hit by the US drone attack because the Taliban had cordoned off the targeted area, but being the closest neighbour, Rukhsana Bibi was the first to witness the devastation even before Taliban\'s arrival. \"Since the day I witnessed I am restless, using sleeping pills on regular basis to have some sound sleep,\" Rukhsana Bibi added.
\"Whenever my mother sees drones flying in the area she hides herself in a room to avoid hearing the buzzing sound of the unmanned planes,\" said Shams Ullah, the older son of Rukhsana Bibi.
\"Our mother is under treatment, but we can\'t hope for Rukhsana\'s complete recovery until the end of US drones\' buzzing sounds and strikes in the region,\" Shams Ullah added.
Arms-twisted analysts and so-called human rights activists missed the gory aspect of the controversial and unabated drone strikes, which left many tribesmen, women and children psychologically ill in the tribal badland.
Forget about the steps taken by the government and international community for the education and health of families who left parts of the war-battered Fata, most of the elderly and children of families trapped inside Fata have developed mental problems following years long campaign of remotely-piloted drones flying over the region almost round-the-clock.
An illiterate village lady, Rukhsana Bibi, is one victim among hundreds or even thousands of women living in the border region who have developed psychological disorders due to the continuing US drone campaign and strikes in the tribal belt of Pakistan, especially North and South Waziristan.
\"About 80 percent of the womenfolk and children in the restive tribal regions are suffering from mental disorders and psychic problems, said Dr Muneer Dawar, head of the District Headquarters and Teaching Hospital Psychiatry ward in Dera Ismail Khan. Dr Muneer mostly deals the patients from North and South Waziristan Agencies.
The alarming increase of psychiatry patients in the tribal regions has been reported but the government has failed to help the tribesmen and provide them with better health care facilities. Due to meager resources the poor tribesmen couldn\'t migrate from the tribal region to nearby settled districts.
Gul Bano, 45, a housewife has developed a mental disorder since 24th February 2010, when a US drone strike at a house next to her home killed nine including a child and inflicted injuries on three others in the Dargai Mandi area of North Wazirsitan Agency. She has become a psychiatric patient and whenever she hears the sound of US drones immediately she runs inside the cellar built inside their house for protection from drone strikes and shelling from military and militants, said her husband, Ayub Khan.
Ayub Khan added, \"Gull Bano was taken to a psychiatrist in District Bannu where the psychiatrist suggested shifting of Gull Bano to an area where Bano couldn\'t see US drones hovering over there and also couldn\'t hear its buzzing sounds.\"
Acting upon the advice of Dr Javaid Akhter, head of the Psychiatry department of Khalif Gull Nawaz Teaching Hospital in Bannu, Gull Banno was shifted to Dera Ismail Khan (DIK). Gull Bano\'s husband said that consequently Bano lost her fear of US drones.
\"But after two years we went back to our hometown as I lost my job abroad and now could not afford to live in a rented house in DIK. As we reached the limits of North Waziristan Agency, Gul Bano again heard the same hateful sounds of drone planes and this time her sense of insecurity and fear of being hit was stronger than before,\" said Ayub Khan, a taxi driver in United Arab Emirates.
Dr Mian Iftikhar, focal person for the Pakistan Psychiatrist Society in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa said that there are 450 registered psychiatrists in the country inhabited by 200 million people but there is not even a single post in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) for Psychiatrist.
\"No care is taken for mental problems of FATA people and it is the reason that the number of psychological problems in the people of FATA are constantly on the rise,\" Dr Ifitkhar said, adding that alongside drone strikes, joblessness and lack of opportunities are also contributing to the increase of mental disorder patients in FATA.
Dr Muneer Dawar, further explained that women feel insecure while children develop a severe sense of fear in the areas where drone strikes are conducted frequently, adding that the situation has worsened with the passage of time as the number of US drone planes are increasing to fly over the region. Dr Muneer added that mental weakness is developing in the young generation who are living in areas which are under continuous surveillance of the US drones, saying that future generation will have a lot of mentally weakness and psychological disorder.
\"Such future generation with psychological disorder can easily be recycled by militants to carry out terror attacks and suicide bombing,\" Dr Muneer warned.
The London based Bureau of Investigative Journalism has compiled press reports that indicate US Drone strikes have killed up to 2525 to 3613 people in Pakistan since 17th June 2004, the first strike in which Taliban commander Nek Muhammad, and two children were killed in Wana, South Waziristan. Less than 2 percent of the high-profile targets are killed by C.I.A drones in the tribal belt of Pakistan.
The issue of psychological disorders faced by tribal women has been highlighted by the non-governmental organizations as the number of psychiatric patient visiting Peshawar and other cities is growing in leaps and bounds.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has finalized its program to conduct a fact finding survey inside the tribal areas.
\"Women there are the worst sufferers as they are totally confined to their houses and cannot share their problems with anyone\" Shahid ullah Jan, Peshawar based head of the HRCP said.
However, the issue of the US drone strikes in FATA has been raised before the Peshawar High Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan and both the highly esteemed courts declared US drone strikes as illegal and in violation of the country\'s sovereignty. \"Despite high Judiciary\'s decision, declaring US drones strikes illegal, no practical steps have been taken in this regard and this is in contempt of court, said Advocate Shahzad Akber, a lawyer handling the cases against US drone strikes in Pakistan\'s tribal belt.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly from South Wazirsitan, Ghalib Khan Wazir, said that innocent tribal people are becoming victims of the US drone strikes, and therefore, US drone operations must be halted as soon as possible. Ghalib said that the N-league leadership is not silent over the issue adding that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had raised the issue of US drone strikes in United Nation General Assembly session.
A global movement who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights.Amnesty International,new major report released on 22 October 2013 said,New evidence indicates that the USA has carried out unlawful killings in Pakistan through drone attacks, some of which could even amount to war crimes,
\"Secrecy surrounding the drones program gives the US administration a license to kill beyond the reach of the courts or basic standards of international law. It\'s time for the USA to come clean about the drones program and hold those responsible for these violations to account,\" said Mustafa Qadri, Amnesty International\'s Pakistan Researcher.
I am looking towards the sky and thinking with fear, watching US drones flying continuously, and praying for the vanishing of US drones from this part of the world, Rukhsana Bibi concluded.
Monday, October 7, 2013
TTP ready to talk if govt announce sceasefire: Shahidullah
http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/46264/
07-10-2013
Ihsan Dawar & Farooq Mehsud
PESHAWAR: Spokesman for the banned outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shahidullah Shahid has once again reiterated that TTP was ready to negotiate with government. However, he added the government should initiate ceasefire as the first step towards peace building.
Talking to The Frontier Post from an undisclosed location the TTP spokesman said after All Party Conference (APC) government didn�t contact them. �Our aim for dialogue is to bring Shariah Laws in Pakistan. Till date we were trying to achieve this target with force but we have accepted the talks offer with hope to bring Shariah in the country through dialogues with the government,� Shahidullah Shahid said.
He said if the government implements Shariah in the country they would not use their weapons against the government however, he reiterated the stance that Taliban would not lay down their arms.
Shahid said the TTP feel that the government was not fully serious in its peace talks offer. �We feel the government is not serious in peace building as the statements of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have contradictions,� Shahidullah Shahid. He said the constitution of Pakistan was more secular than Islamic.
Replying to a question he said that Taliban were more organized and strong than ever and they were not scared of any government action against them. Talking about drone attacks he said such attacks only kill innocent peopleAmerica some time kills 16 of a family, some time kills jirga men and even violates our territory without any fear of being opposed.
TTP leader said that it was strange that when the government could hit the drones it was not which shows the involvement of the government in drone attacks, Shahid added.
�Taliban is universal movement for the defense of Islam and Muslims. We are not targeting innocent people,� Shahid claimed by saying that the Kohati church blasts and other recent terrorists activities were carried out by a third hand which he called was working for Jewish lobby.
He also blamed media for damaging dialogue process as it was criticizing Taliban at a time when there was not even a written agreement between government and TTP.
He categorically stated that the nuclear programme of Pakistan was not their target.
Speaking about the differences in the ranks of Taliban he said Taliban were united under the leadership of Hakimulllah Mehsud and were ready to face any kind of situation.
�We are not limited to just Tribal Areas rather we have comrades in all over the country so none should be optimist about finishing the Taliban,� Shahid claimed.
While commenting over attack on Malala, Shahid said Malala was not targeted because she was acquiring the education by going to school but because she was defaming Islam which could not be overlooked.
He said stoppage of drone strikes, release of Taliban in Pakistani jails and return of forces from tribal areas were the three main points on which the dialogue process should be based on. �These three points would also assume how much the government is serious in holding peace talks with Taliban,� Shahidullah Shahid said.
In case of failure of talks, Shahid said, Taliban would fight alongside Hafiz Gul Bahadur against the government.
�Afghan Taliban are our Jihadi brothers, in the beginning we were helping them but they are now strong enough and they don�t need our help, but they are now supporting us financially,� Shahidullah Shahid revealed while adding they also provide safe shelter to Fazlulah in Kunar area of Afghanistan.
Replying to a question about Imran Khan Office offer to Taliban he said Imran was part of the secular system. He also said that Taliban had presence all over the country and do not need any office.
�If Imran wants to establish peace, he should come out of the present secular system and then we can give him any kind of favour he wishes� the TTP spokesman added.
�If Allah gives us success in bringing true Islamic system in the country, we assure uniform status, speedy and cheap justice and a healthy environment to all the countrymen� he concluded.
07-10-2013
Ihsan Dawar & Farooq Mehsud
PESHAWAR: Spokesman for the banned outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shahidullah Shahid has once again reiterated that TTP was ready to negotiate with government. However, he added the government should initiate ceasefire as the first step towards peace building.
Talking to The Frontier Post from an undisclosed location the TTP spokesman said after All Party Conference (APC) government didn�t contact them. �Our aim for dialogue is to bring Shariah Laws in Pakistan. Till date we were trying to achieve this target with force but we have accepted the talks offer with hope to bring Shariah in the country through dialogues with the government,� Shahidullah Shahid said.
He said if the government implements Shariah in the country they would not use their weapons against the government however, he reiterated the stance that Taliban would not lay down their arms.
Shahid said the TTP feel that the government was not fully serious in its peace talks offer. �We feel the government is not serious in peace building as the statements of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have contradictions,� Shahidullah Shahid. He said the constitution of Pakistan was more secular than Islamic.
Replying to a question he said that Taliban were more organized and strong than ever and they were not scared of any government action against them. Talking about drone attacks he said such attacks only kill innocent peopleAmerica some time kills 16 of a family, some time kills jirga men and even violates our territory without any fear of being opposed.
TTP leader said that it was strange that when the government could hit the drones it was not which shows the involvement of the government in drone attacks, Shahid added.
�Taliban is universal movement for the defense of Islam and Muslims. We are not targeting innocent people,� Shahid claimed by saying that the Kohati church blasts and other recent terrorists activities were carried out by a third hand which he called was working for Jewish lobby.
He also blamed media for damaging dialogue process as it was criticizing Taliban at a time when there was not even a written agreement between government and TTP.
He categorically stated that the nuclear programme of Pakistan was not their target.
Speaking about the differences in the ranks of Taliban he said Taliban were united under the leadership of Hakimulllah Mehsud and were ready to face any kind of situation.
�We are not limited to just Tribal Areas rather we have comrades in all over the country so none should be optimist about finishing the Taliban,� Shahid claimed.
While commenting over attack on Malala, Shahid said Malala was not targeted because she was acquiring the education by going to school but because she was defaming Islam which could not be overlooked.
He said stoppage of drone strikes, release of Taliban in Pakistani jails and return of forces from tribal areas were the three main points on which the dialogue process should be based on. �These three points would also assume how much the government is serious in holding peace talks with Taliban,� Shahidullah Shahid said.
In case of failure of talks, Shahid said, Taliban would fight alongside Hafiz Gul Bahadur against the government.
�Afghan Taliban are our Jihadi brothers, in the beginning we were helping them but they are now strong enough and they don�t need our help, but they are now supporting us financially,� Shahidullah Shahid revealed while adding they also provide safe shelter to Fazlulah in Kunar area of Afghanistan.
Replying to a question about Imran Khan Office offer to Taliban he said Imran was part of the secular system. He also said that Taliban had presence all over the country and do not need any office.
�If Imran wants to establish peace, he should come out of the present secular system and then we can give him any kind of favour he wishes� the TTP spokesman added.
�If Allah gives us success in bringing true Islamic system in the country, we assure uniform status, speedy and cheap justice and a healthy environment to all the countrymen� he concluded.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Three Polio cases reported in DI Khan, NWA
Three Polio cases reported in DI Khan, NWA.....http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/36848/
Farooq Mehsud
D.I.Khan: Polio virus reported in lunda sharif village of Dera Ismail khan, a five-year old girl, Samina Bibi D/O Sana Ullah is reported to be having Polio virus, sources in District Headquarters and Teaching hospital Dera ismail khan conforms but the public health department DI khan is not verified it so far. The medics at the DHQ, DI khan suspect Samina Bibi having Polio virus, who was brought here. Hospital sources added that Samina bibi’s polio test will be sent to National Laboratory Islamabad for verification.
Two polio cases surface in NWA: Two more polio cases surfaced in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Wednesday taking total number of affected patients to 40. According to Surgeon Dr Jan Mir Khan, polio virus was detected in two more patients belonging to different areas of NWA. After exposure of two more dengue cases total number of affected patients since Jan 01, has mounted to 40. The locals said that surge in dengue patients has created terror among the tribesmen as it has turned into an epidemic.
Farooq Mehsud
D.I.Khan: Polio virus reported in lunda sharif village of Dera Ismail khan, a five-year old girl, Samina Bibi D/O Sana Ullah is reported to be having Polio virus, sources in District Headquarters and Teaching hospital Dera ismail khan conforms but the public health department DI khan is not verified it so far. The medics at the DHQ, DI khan suspect Samina Bibi having Polio virus, who was brought here. Hospital sources added that Samina bibi’s polio test will be sent to National Laboratory Islamabad for verification.
Two polio cases surface in NWA: Two more polio cases surfaced in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Wednesday taking total number of affected patients to 40. According to Surgeon Dr Jan Mir Khan, polio virus was detected in two more patients belonging to different areas of NWA. After exposure of two more dengue cases total number of affected patients since Jan 01, has mounted to 40. The locals said that surge in dengue patients has created terror among the tribesmen as it has turned into an epidemic.
Two security men killed
Two security men killed.......http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/36470/#
Farooq Mehsud
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Two soldiers were killed and nine others were injured when militants attack an Army compound. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has accepted the responsibility of the attack. The security officials said the militants attacked the military compound near the Sararogha bazaar. The soldiers retaliated as the gunfight continued for almost four hours in which the militants used light and heavy weapons, sources said. Officials added that forces killed three suicide bombers while the fourth one blew himself up. The injured security personnel were shifted to CMH Dera Ismail Khan. TTP South Waziristan spokesman Asim Ullah claim the responsibility of the attack while talking to media from an undisclosed location. Asim ullah contacted The Frontier post on phone and said four suicide bombers attack an army compound in South Waziristan's Sararogha sector, Asim claimed that 85percent of the Mehsud Area of South Waziristan, where Army have started Operation rah e nijat from 4 years are under TTP control After the incident the security forces imposed curfew in the area and started search operation with the help of gun ship helicopters.
Farooq Mehsud
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Two soldiers were killed and nine others were injured when militants attack an Army compound. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has accepted the responsibility of the attack. The security officials said the militants attacked the military compound near the Sararogha bazaar. The soldiers retaliated as the gunfight continued for almost four hours in which the militants used light and heavy weapons, sources said. Officials added that forces killed three suicide bombers while the fourth one blew himself up. The injured security personnel were shifted to CMH Dera Ismail Khan. TTP South Waziristan spokesman Asim Ullah claim the responsibility of the attack while talking to media from an undisclosed location. Asim ullah contacted The Frontier post on phone and said four suicide bombers attack an army compound in South Waziristan's Sararogha sector, Asim claimed that 85percent of the Mehsud Area of South Waziristan, where Army have started Operation rah e nijat from 4 years are under TTP control After the incident the security forces imposed curfew in the area and started search operation with the help of gun ship helicopters.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Shopkeepers denounce drive against encroachment
Shopkeepers denounce drive against encroachment......http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/35874/
Farooq Mehsud
D.I.Khan: Assistant Commissioner DI Khan Irfan Mehsud along with police personals carried out a crake down against illegal encroachment in Tank Adda, Daraban Road and Circular road of DI Khan City on Saturday. According to the Assistant Commissioner Irfan Mehsud, the operation is carried out on the direction of the Commissioner DI Khan, and this operation against non-standard foods, non-cleaness and illegal encroachment would be continued in DI khan. Irfan Mehsud added that during the operation, the illegal encroachments set up in front of hotels, shops, plazas were removed and more than a dozen shops and hotels were sealed and made it easy for the transport and public. On the other Hand the owners of hotels, shops turned the operation as a cruel, injustice and discriminatory against public and poor businesses community. In Tank Adda, Raz Gull, owner of the hotel told The Frontier Post that I am paying Rs1000 on monthly receipt to the Municipal Committee, and even than without a prior notice my hotel is sealed. This is unjust and unfair." Raz Gull further added that a commercial bank near to my hotel and a done illegal encroachment, but the government is doing nothing against it and it is just harassing the poor people. In Bannu, Adda, sweets shops owner told The Frontier Post, that on one hand we are tied and affected due to the night curfew while on the other hand, the government closed my sweat shop, I am worried what to do in such situation, I have one way and that is to suicide. The business communities blamed that the government was not sincere in its operation against illegal encroachment, adding that those who were influential and have political links go escaped. There is no action against the owners of big plazas that have also illegal encroachment. The government should start first from them, and then come to the poor business community.
Farooq Mehsud
D.I.Khan: Assistant Commissioner DI Khan Irfan Mehsud along with police personals carried out a crake down against illegal encroachment in Tank Adda, Daraban Road and Circular road of DI Khan City on Saturday. According to the Assistant Commissioner Irfan Mehsud, the operation is carried out on the direction of the Commissioner DI Khan, and this operation against non-standard foods, non-cleaness and illegal encroachment would be continued in DI khan. Irfan Mehsud added that during the operation, the illegal encroachments set up in front of hotels, shops, plazas were removed and more than a dozen shops and hotels were sealed and made it easy for the transport and public. On the other Hand the owners of hotels, shops turned the operation as a cruel, injustice and discriminatory against public and poor businesses community. In Tank Adda, Raz Gull, owner of the hotel told The Frontier Post that I am paying Rs1000 on monthly receipt to the Municipal Committee, and even than without a prior notice my hotel is sealed. This is unjust and unfair." Raz Gull further added that a commercial bank near to my hotel and a done illegal encroachment, but the government is doing nothing against it and it is just harassing the poor people. In Bannu, Adda, sweets shops owner told The Frontier Post, that on one hand we are tied and affected due to the night curfew while on the other hand, the government closed my sweat shop, I am worried what to do in such situation, I have one way and that is to suicide. The business communities blamed that the government was not sincere in its operation against illegal encroachment, adding that those who were influential and have political links go escaped. There is no action against the owners of big plazas that have also illegal encroachment. The government should start first from them, and then come to the poor business community.
Differences over talks offer widen in Taliban groups
Differences over talks offer widen in Taliban groups.....http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/35800/
Farooq Mehsud
PESHAWAR: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Central Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid while talking to The Frontier Post on Phone from undisclosed location said that Asmatullah Muaviya, the Punjabi Taliban Commander has no affiliation with the TTP Pakistan. The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s central spokes person, Shahidullah Shahid further said that TTP will soon made a group of Punjabi Taliban and named a commander. While commenting on Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif’s offer of peace negotiation, Shahidullah Shahid said, that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Shura will decide but attaching condition of Taliban dis-arming for peace negotiation is unacceptable.
Ihsan Dawar adds: Punjabi Taliban has strongly rejected the news of their expulsion from TTP and deposing Muaviya from the leadership of his group and have said there was no truth in the news and termed it totally baseless and fake.
A reliable source while quoting Ustad Farooq, the real authority in Punjabi Taliban faction said that they have a very organized and well disciplined network and it was impossible to issue a decision like that in a day or two. “We have Shura whose members are dispersed in KP and Fata at present” the source added that it can talk more than a week to announce a unanimous decision. He added that Muaviya Asmatullah was still working as Amir of Punjabi Taliban and enjoying full confidence and trust of the colleagues.
The sources said that they have only expressed their positive signs over the offer of the prime minister and will go for it after due consultation.
While replying to a query about the growing differences, the sources said they were not informed about the differences as it was too early to say something about it.
Farooq Mehsud
PESHAWAR: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Central Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid while talking to The Frontier Post on Phone from undisclosed location said that Asmatullah Muaviya, the Punjabi Taliban Commander has no affiliation with the TTP Pakistan. The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s central spokes person, Shahidullah Shahid further said that TTP will soon made a group of Punjabi Taliban and named a commander. While commenting on Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif’s offer of peace negotiation, Shahidullah Shahid said, that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Shura will decide but attaching condition of Taliban dis-arming for peace negotiation is unacceptable.
Ihsan Dawar adds: Punjabi Taliban has strongly rejected the news of their expulsion from TTP and deposing Muaviya from the leadership of his group and have said there was no truth in the news and termed it totally baseless and fake.
A reliable source while quoting Ustad Farooq, the real authority in Punjabi Taliban faction said that they have a very organized and well disciplined network and it was impossible to issue a decision like that in a day or two. “We have Shura whose members are dispersed in KP and Fata at present” the source added that it can talk more than a week to announce a unanimous decision. He added that Muaviya Asmatullah was still working as Amir of Punjabi Taliban and enjoying full confidence and trust of the colleagues.
The sources said that they have only expressed their positive signs over the offer of the prime minister and will go for it after due consultation.
While replying to a query about the growing differences, the sources said they were not informed about the differences as it was too early to say something about it.
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