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April 30,2009
Kohat: Transporters blocked the Indus Highway here on Wednesday against collection of tax at the newly-established toll plaza by the NHA.
Talking to the protesters, Khattak Loya Jirga president Sabir Yaqoob demanded that local transporters should be exempted from the toll tax.
They kept the road blocked for more than half hour, which forced the administration and police to hold negotiations with them. They dispersed peacefully after getting an assurance that the matter would be raised at the highest level.
The protesters, however, announced that they would not pay tax at the toll plaza unless negotiations started with the authorities concerned. They said they would continue their protest if their demand was not met.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Smuggling Attempt Foiled in Kohat
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April 30, 2009
Kohat: The Janglekhel police foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Darra Adamkhel to Punjab and arrested a member of an inter-provincial gang of smugglers on the Indus Highway here on Wednesday.
Police said the SHO of the Janglekhel police station stopped a car on a tip-off and on searching its secret cavities recovered the weapons.
The seizure included two Kalashnikovs, three rifles, four repeaters, six pistols, 34 chargers and 800 cartridges. The accused, Mohammad Hayat of Lakki Marwat, was arrested
April 30, 2009
Kohat: The Janglekhel police foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Darra Adamkhel to Punjab and arrested a member of an inter-provincial gang of smugglers on the Indus Highway here on Wednesday.
Police said the SHO of the Janglekhel police station stopped a car on a tip-off and on searching its secret cavities recovered the weapons.
The seizure included two Kalashnikovs, three rifles, four repeaters, six pistols, 34 chargers and 800 cartridges. The accused, Mohammad Hayat of Lakki Marwat, was arrested
Tribal Elder Killed in Kohat
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April 30,2009
Kohat: Motorcyclists shot dead a prominent tribal elder in the Turkey Ismail area of the Frontier Region of Kohat on Wednesday night.
Official sources said Malik Sher Rehman was going home when he was attacked. The tribal elder was a supporter of peace initiatives and was playing an active role in restoration of government’s writ in the area.
Sources said militants could be behind the murder. However, nobody has accepted responsibility for the incident.
April 30,2009
Kohat: Motorcyclists shot dead a prominent tribal elder in the Turkey Ismail area of the Frontier Region of Kohat on Wednesday night.
Official sources said Malik Sher Rehman was going home when he was attacked. The tribal elder was a supporter of peace initiatives and was playing an active role in restoration of government’s writ in the area.
Sources said militants could be behind the murder. However, nobody has accepted responsibility for the incident.
KOHAT: Taliban raze houses of Sikhs in Orakzai
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April 30, 2009
The Taliban on Wednesday night demolished 11 houses of the Sikh community in the Orakzai Agency for refusing to pay ‘Jazia’.
The action was ordered by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief for Orakzai Agency, Hakeemullah Mehsud, after the deadline given to the Sikh community for payment of Jazia passed on Wednesday.
Earlier, the Sikh community had postponed its decision about vacating the area following the demand of the Tehrik-i-Taliban for payment of ‘Jazia’ being non-Muslims for their protection.
They gathered in the Merozai area to finalise their decision for leaving the area, but a dispute erupted over the issue among them and the meeting was postponed till Thursday. The Taliban had asked the Sikh community living in the tribal area for centuries earlier this month to pay annual Jazia because “Sharia had been enforced in the area and every non-Muslim had to pay protection money”.
The Sikh community comprising 30 to 35 families shifted from the Feroze Khel area to the nearby Merozai in Lower Orakzai Agency because they could not arrange Rs150 million demanded by the Taliban.
The Taliban had forcibly occupied shops of two Sikh businessmen, Sewa Singh and Kalak Singh, and houses of several Sikhs to force them to pay Jazia.
Later, the Sikh community refused to pay Jazia and decided to leave Orakzai and settle in some other area.
Most of tribal families belonging to a particular sect have also migrated to different parts of Hangu and Kohat due to the fear of Taliban.
April 30, 2009
The Taliban on Wednesday night demolished 11 houses of the Sikh community in the Orakzai Agency for refusing to pay ‘Jazia’.
The action was ordered by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief for Orakzai Agency, Hakeemullah Mehsud, after the deadline given to the Sikh community for payment of Jazia passed on Wednesday.
Earlier, the Sikh community had postponed its decision about vacating the area following the demand of the Tehrik-i-Taliban for payment of ‘Jazia’ being non-Muslims for their protection.
They gathered in the Merozai area to finalise their decision for leaving the area, but a dispute erupted over the issue among them and the meeting was postponed till Thursday. The Taliban had asked the Sikh community living in the tribal area for centuries earlier this month to pay annual Jazia because “Sharia had been enforced in the area and every non-Muslim had to pay protection money”.
The Sikh community comprising 30 to 35 families shifted from the Feroze Khel area to the nearby Merozai in Lower Orakzai Agency because they could not arrange Rs150 million demanded by the Taliban.
The Taliban had forcibly occupied shops of two Sikh businessmen, Sewa Singh and Kalak Singh, and houses of several Sikhs to force them to pay Jazia.
Later, the Sikh community refused to pay Jazia and decided to leave Orakzai and settle in some other area.
Most of tribal families belonging to a particular sect have also migrated to different parts of Hangu and Kohat due to the fear of Taliban.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
KOHAT: Three students killed, two injured in wall collapse
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KOHAT, April 28: Three students were killed and two seriously injured when the wall of a primary school collapsed in Dost Mohammad Banda on Tuesday.
The boundary wall of the old building of the school fell on the children at 8pm. Three children between the ages of six and ten were buried under the wall and died on the spot.
The killed students were identified as Mohammad Umer, Mohammad Ishaq and Said Umer. The injured students identified as Asif and Shahab, who weres in coma were rushed to KDA hospital. By evening their condition was reported to be out of danger.
The three killed students were buried in their ancestral graveyard. The old school building has two classrooms and strength of the students is 160.
SUSPECTS HELD:
The security forces demolished the hujras of two tribesmen in an operation in Babozay Kalay and Qasim Khel areas and arrested six suspected militants on Tuesday. The security forces launched an operation on Tuesday morning and demolished the hurja of commander Bilal in Babozay Kalay of Mala Khel tribe.
Six suspects were also arrested from the same area during a search operation and shifted to an unknown place. A hujra of Khial Akbar was also destroyed in Qasim Khel area.
KOHAT, April 28: Three students were killed and two seriously injured when the wall of a primary school collapsed in Dost Mohammad Banda on Tuesday.
The boundary wall of the old building of the school fell on the children at 8pm. Three children between the ages of six and ten were buried under the wall and died on the spot.
The killed students were identified as Mohammad Umer, Mohammad Ishaq and Said Umer. The injured students identified as Asif and Shahab, who weres in coma were rushed to KDA hospital. By evening their condition was reported to be out of danger.
The three killed students were buried in their ancestral graveyard. The old school building has two classrooms and strength of the students is 160.
SUSPECTS HELD:
The security forces demolished the hujras of two tribesmen in an operation in Babozay Kalay and Qasim Khel areas and arrested six suspected militants on Tuesday. The security forces launched an operation on Tuesday morning and demolished the hurja of commander Bilal in Babozay Kalay of Mala Khel tribe.
Six suspects were also arrested from the same area during a search operation and shifted to an unknown place. A hujra of Khial Akbar was also destroyed in Qasim Khel area.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
KOHAT: Rival groups free eight hostages
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KOHAT, April 27: Eight kidnapped people, four of them students, were released after 60 days in a swap agreement reached between rival religious groups through the efforts of a jirga on Monday.
Armed men had kidnapped four students coming to the Al-Asar School from Hangu to Kohat from their school van after a shootout. The driver of the school, Asghar, had been killed and two students injured. A resident of Dera Ismail Khan, Basit Ali, had also been kidnapped reportedly by the same group. The kidnappers had been demanding Rs20 million for his release.
In retaliation, the rival group kidnapped three tribesmen, Ram Tal Khan, Attaullah and Farooq, belonging to North Waziristan, in the Ustarzai area of Kohat the same day.
The Kohat division commissioner had formed the jirga comprising elders from Hangu and Kohat to resolve the issue.
KOHAT, April 27: Eight kidnapped people, four of them students, were released after 60 days in a swap agreement reached between rival religious groups through the efforts of a jirga on Monday.
Armed men had kidnapped four students coming to the Al-Asar School from Hangu to Kohat from their school van after a shootout. The driver of the school, Asghar, had been killed and two students injured. A resident of Dera Ismail Khan, Basit Ali, had also been kidnapped reportedly by the same group. The kidnappers had been demanding Rs20 million for his release.
In retaliation, the rival group kidnapped three tribesmen, Ram Tal Khan, Attaullah and Farooq, belonging to North Waziristan, in the Ustarzai area of Kohat the same day.
The Kohat division commissioner had formed the jirga comprising elders from Hangu and Kohat to resolve the issue.
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