Clans reach ceasefire agreement

Published November 16, 2007

KOHAT, Nov 15: Two sub clans of the Zarghun Khel tribe agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday until a final agreement over distribution of profit from the biggest coal mine in Kohat.

The mine would remain closed till fixation of share from income.

A gunbattle had erupted between the two groups, Mautasim Billah of Resham Kaly and Mohammad Islam of Feroze Mela, over the share of income from the coal mine on their land.