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LAKKI MARWAT: Police on Sunday arrested six alleged outlaws in remote villages of the district, bordering the frontier tribal region.

A police official told this correspondent that following a tip-off about the presence of proclaimed absconders and suspected militants in the border villages a special team was sent for an operation.

He claimed that the team, headed by DSP Naurang Sanaullah Khan, destroyed several hideouts of criminals in border villages, including Karkanai, Wanda Meer Azam, Wanda Meer Salam and Bargai. He said that police also arrested six outlaws, including Noor Rehman, Kiramatullah, Shah Hussain, Saadullah Khan, Mir Qalam and Gulzada.

VILLAGE PROBLEMS: Jamat-e-Islami’s local leader Sabz Ali Naveed has reminded the government and humanitarian organisations of promises they made with residents of Shah Hasankhel village following a blast two years ago.

In a meeting with area peace committee on Sunday, he said the residents needed attention of the government, as the village was devastated when a suicide bomber killed 100 villagers during a volleyball match on Jan 1, 2010. He said that the villagers still lacked healthcare facilities and drinking water while the government could not rebuild the damaged schools. He lamented that the government could not fulfill its promise to recruit youth of the village in police. He said that on the second anniversary of the tragic incident the villagers still lacked basic amenities though the government had promised to transform the village into a model town. — Correspondent