LANDI KOTAL: Unidentified saboteurs torched three road building vehicles of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) near Shagai here early Saturday morning.

An official of the FWO told Dawn that some unknown persons sprinkled kerosene oil on at least three road rollers, which were parked along the under-construction road near Shagai, and put them on fire. He said that two of the vehicles were completely damaged while the third one was partially damaged.

The official said that they had not received any threat from any quarters and it was for the first time in last 20 months of their repair work on the Peshawar-Torkham Highway that such an incident had occurred.

Pamphlets by militant outfit threaten forces to abandon duties

Khasadar officials said that they had taken two watchmen of the FWO into custody and investigation was underway.

In Bara, the security forces on Saturday defused at least eight explosive devices which they had recovered during different raids and search operations.

THREATENING PAMPHLETS: A little known militant outfit Jaish-i-Khurasan has threatened the security forces and intelligence officials in Jamrud with armed attacks if they failed to abandon their duties till Eidul Fitr.

The group pasted computer generated Urdu language pamphlets on the walls of buildings and other prominent places in Ghundi, Gudar, Bakarabad, Sakhi Pul and Sikandarkhel localities here on Friday night.

The pamphlet asks the officials of Levies, Khasadar force, army, Frontier Corps and intelligence agencies to resign from their respective jobs till Eidul Fitr, as according to the pamphlet these people were allegedly working for the Americans and Jews and not for Islam or Pakistan.

“According to the holy Quran, those who cooperate or work for infidels are also considered infidels and enemies of Islam,” said the pamphlet.

It further threatened the officials of the law-enforcement and intelligence agencies that they would be attacked inside their own houses if they failed to resign from duties before the deadline.

Issued with the name of Jaish-i-Khurasan without any signatures or insignia, the pamphlet said that they would not accept any excuse from the security and intelligence personnel after the expiry of the deadline.

Local administrative officials confirmed the appearance of threatening pamphlets in some localities of Jamrud, but doubted its authenticity. They said that they had already started investigation about the distribution of these pamphlets and the existence of the group behind it in Jamrud.

Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2014