Taliban occupy MNA’s house, take relatives hostage
Leave house after intervention of tribal elders
Staff Report
KHAR: An armed group of militants occupied the house of a member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Bajaur Agency on Sunday, but vacated it after intervention by elders.
About 25 militants broke into engineer Shaukatullah’s house after overpowering two security guards. AFP said they took the MNA’s family and servants hostage, but it could not ascertain how many people had been held. The occupation continued for nearly two hours.
A jirga of tribal elders was formed to persuade the Taliban militants to end the occupation. The militants demanded that the MNA stop opposing the local Taliban and hand over a hill containing marble reserves to them.
“The Taliban are demanding that Shaukatullah Khan hands over his land and a hill from where marble is extracted,” a local tribesman told AFP The militants relinquished the control of the house after the elders assured them that their demands would be considered.
Meanwhile, the political administration arrested seven tribesmen during a crackdown against the Salarzai tribe in search of the militants involved in the killing of a security official in the area about a week ago.
Are you accusing the great dictator of Pakistan who has ruled for the last 9 years of bhattakhoori?
It's the underlying establishment from which Mush still has to draw his power from. Why else do you think he had to co-opt the chaudries? There are some things he cannot touch. Even going against the jihadis was enough to make certain people go insane.
It's the underlying establishment from which Mush still has to draw his power from. Why else do you think he had to co-opt the chaudries? There are some things he cannot touch. Even going against the jihadis was enough to make certain people go insane.
He is a power hungry dictator who will sell his soul for the kursi, as its already evident. This jihadi waddi babble is something he created himself to keep his kursi. There will be no jihadi waddi if hes kicked out.
Re: Greedy taliban now want to take over local's businesses
Even the little 12-14 year old cammandos in the MQM collect bhatta in Karachi. I heard if shop keepers dont pay them bhatta, they either complain to their militant abbajeez, or they stick elfi down the shopkeepers car lock holes. I am curious, does Atafs wasooli and hisab kitaan include their shares too?