Body formed to settle Bajaur-Mohmand border dispute

E-Paper | May 07, 2026

KHAR: The provincial government has formed a committee for the peaceful settlement of the ongoing border dispute between the Bajaur and Mohmand tribal districts.

An official of the district administration told Dawn on Friday that the 10-member committee was constituted by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary on the directives of the chief minister.

He said that body comprised of secretary home and tribal affairs, the provincial police chief, principal secretary to the chief minister, COS headquarters 11 Corps, ISI sector commander, commissioner Peshawar division, DIG Mardan region, a representative of IGFC (north), and deputy commissioners of Mohmand and Bajaur districts.

The official said the committee had been tasked with resolving the border dispute with peaceful means.

Meanwhile, the elders of Khyber tribal district have also launched efforts to resolve the border dispute between Bajaur and Mohmand districts.

In this regard, a delegation led by former MNA Shah Jee Gul Afridi visited Bajaur on Friday and met with former KP governor Eng Shaukatullah Khan.

Also in the day, political leaders threatened to violate the Section 144 if the authorities failed to get the Bajaur-Peshawar Road reopened till Saturday (today).

They made the warning while addressing a press conference at the Bajaur Press Club.

PTI MNAs Gul Dad Khan and Gul Zafar Khan, Senator Hidayatullah Khan, JI MPA Sirajuddin Khan, PML-N’s Shahabuddin Khan, JI’s Sahibzada Haroon Rasheed, ANP’s Gul Afzal Khan, PPP’s Aurangzeb, JUI-F’s Said Badshah and others expressed anger over the blockade of the road at Mamad Gat area for last six days by the people of Mohmand tribal district.

They asked the Mohmand people to end the protest as it was violation of the government’s directives to avoid gatherings and maintain social distancing to combat the Covid-19 outbreak.

They lamented that the provincial government and the Mohmand administration had kept silence over the prolonged protest.

They warned that the road blockade could trigger an armed clashed between the people of the neighbouring districts.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2020

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Orakzai

Apr 11, 2020 12:50pm

Credit goes to PTM

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Mansur Ul Haque

Apr 11, 2020 12:57pm

What sort of this dispute is ? Pakistan has already enough problems. I have heard disputes of land amongst individual, dispute of territory amongst different countries. Any how it needs early resolution . Don't let enemies of the country to take advantage of this situation. Disputes in this region is very dangerous as it can take many lives and even after many decades it can never be resolved.

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Lahorewala

Apr 11, 2020 01:45pm

This is the reason why we are in the bottom ten percent of the countries of this world.....

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Ibrahim S

Apr 11, 2020 07:32pm

Now I under why our problems can’t be solved. This “body” person has no clue what the problem is what’s the solution, it’s just like a spare tire in your car. We need to fire “body”

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T-man

Apr 11, 2020 08:46pm

These tribes have been fighting with each other for decades. Providing jobs to the youth is one of the solutions to keep them occupied.

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Mia Khalifa Niazi Khan

Apr 12, 2020 07:59am

Make dispute to profit from it

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Fact reporter

Apr 12, 2020 09:39am

This is all thanks to PTM and the false information they spread. Mohsin Dawar, in his native language, told villagers that Coronavirus is nothing and that it is a conspiracy by the government against them. He and his thugs still organize protest and gatherings. Later Dawar went to Twitter and wrote in English that Coronavirus threat is dangerous. English is not understood by many Pakistani locals. Why didn't he go back to the same villagers and tell them the same thing he wrote on his Twitter? Is he trying to act innocent in front of international folks just because they won't understand his native language?

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