Curfew imposed in Razmak

Published October 12, 2017

PESHAWAR: The political administration has declared curfew in Razmak subdivision of North Waziristan Agency after the killing of three Frontier Corps personnel.

The local residents said the administration had also sealed the roads leading to the area.They said hundreds of the people from Razmak, including women and children, were stranded in Bannu due to the closure of the roads.

On Monday, unidentified gunmen had attacked an FC patrolling vehicle in Dosali area of Razmak killing three soldiers and injuring seven others.

After the attack, the local authorities imposed a curfew, while educational institutions and other offices were also closed.

The elders of local Utmanzai tribe said they weren’t allowed to enter and leave Razmak.

They appealed to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor and Peshawar corps commander to immediately order the lifting of the curfew saying civilians were being bothered by the administration without reason.

The elders urged the corps commander to allow stranded women and children to return to their homes.

Published in Dawn, October 12th, 2017

Opinion

Editorial

Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...
By-election trends
Updated 23 Apr, 2024

By-election trends

Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Privatising PIA
23 Apr, 2024

Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Suffering in captivity
23 Apr, 2024

Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...