ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (Safron) retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch held a meeting with a tribal jirga of North Waziristan here on Friday.

The jirga was led by Maulana Sher Mohammad Torikhel Wazir, grand nephew and spiritual successor of Haji Mirza Ali Khan (Faqir of lpi), said a press statement.

Talking to the jirga, the minister said the government’s first priority was to take care of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and ensure their return to their homes at the earliest.

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Maulana Sher Mohammad informed the minister that local tribesmen were fully supportive of the government’s action and wanted to rid the area of the Taliban.

He said people of North Waziristan were ready to bear any hardship for the cause of peace in the country and requested the government to take all measures to clear the area of insurgents and stop their re-emergence.

Published in Dawn, July 26th, 2014