LANDI KOTAL: The members of Malakdinkhel tribe on Tuesday demolished the house of a wanted militant in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency.

Sources said that Usman alias Qari, the owner of the house, was wanted by security forces and political administration for his alleged involvement in incidents of terrorism in different parts of Bara.

The elders of Malakdinkhel tribe ordered razing his house after holding a jirga.

Usman had been absconding since long and the local administration had demanded of the tribal elders to punish him in accordance with the local customs and traditions.

The jirga of Malakdinkhel resolved to Meanwhile, four persons, including three teenagers, were electrocuted in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency during the last two days.

The first incident took place in Kalanga area of Akkakhel where three teenagers, Khalid Umar, Naushad and Umar Din, were electrocuted when they were playing near an electricity pole.

Another person Mohammad Bilal died of electric current in Malakdinkhel area.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2017

Opinion

Editorial

Wheat price crash
Updated 20 May, 2024

Wheat price crash

What the government has done to Punjab’s smallholder wheat growers by staying out of the market amid crashing prices is deplorable.
Afghan corruption
20 May, 2024

Afghan corruption

AMONGST the reasons that the Afghan Taliban marched into Kabul in August 2021 without any resistance to speak of ...
Volleyball triumph
20 May, 2024

Volleyball triumph

IN the last week, while Pakistan’s cricket team savoured a come-from-behind T20 series victory against Ireland,...
Border clashes
19 May, 2024

Border clashes

THE Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier has witnessed another series of flare-ups, this time in the Kurram tribal district...
Penalising the dutiful
19 May, 2024

Penalising the dutiful

DOES the government feel no remorse in burdening honest citizens with the cost of its own ineptitude? With the ...
Students in Kyrgyzstan
Updated 19 May, 2024

Students in Kyrgyzstan

The govt ought to take a direct approach comprising convincing communication with the students and Kyrgyz authorities.