report in the News, March 02, 2023WANA: A protest sit-in, staged by tribesmen in favour of their demands in Raghzai area of Birmal Tehsil in Lower South Waziristan, ended after successful negotiations here on Wednesday. In the light of the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Nasir Khan, a grand jirga negotiation team of local Ulema, political leaders and tribal elders headed by Assistant Commissioner Wana Yasir Salman Kundi held talks with the Raghzai Youth Society,…
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by Imran Malik in The Nation, Jan 14, 2023The people of Pakistan have spo ken. And the government must pay heed. – The widespread, spontaneous, and vociferous protests by the people of the erstwhile FATA, in particular both Waziristans, Bajaur, Wana, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, D I Khan, Swat, etc against the re-emergence of terrorists in their areas must have taken Terrorism Central (myriad terrorist groups milling around in the wildlands of Afghanistan) and the Afghan…
Report in Dawn, January 14th, 2023SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Police established security checkposts at the entry and exit points of Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan Lower district, on Friday. District police officer Shabbir Hussain Marwat told the locals that the checkposts were established in order to maintain law and order situation in the area. He said that protection of the local population was top priority of the government. “There will be no compromise on security of…