Landi Kotal:
Five people died, and 17 others sustained injuries when protesters were fired during a protest outside a military installation against the killing of a girl in Tirah Vally in the Khyber district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Tribal Elders said Sunday.
The protest ended after negotiations between the oldest and security officials of the tribe. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and KP chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the shooting in the Bagh Maidan area of Tirah Valley.
Excitement grabbed the area after the death of a 10-year-old girl the other day. After the incident, the victim’s relatives and local citizens reached the main gate of the Brigade headquarters this morning to protest. The protesters shouted slogans against the incident and set a dispensary on fire.
Meanwhile, the shooting broke out where three people died on the spot. Later two more wounded bent under their wounds while on their way to a hospital. Police sources said 17 wounds were taken to a local hospital, but six of them were later moved to Peshawar hospitals and seven to the Orakzai district.
Fifteen wounded were identified as Ajmal, Abdul Halim, Ayub Khan, Siraj, Jartaj, Baitullah, Aamir Hassan, Rehmanullah, Muhammad Sadiq, Nazar Muhammad and Abu Bakar – all residents of Zakhal – Khan Zeb and Muhammad Javed from Shlobar; and Sher Zaman, Qasim and Saeed Khan from Malk your Khel.
Later, the oldest of the tribe met with security officials and presented their claims: Case against those involved in the girl’s death; Holidays of the occupied houses for local citizens end on unnecessary harassment by security check posts and financial assistance to the deceased’s families.
Security forces agree on RS1.5 million compensation to families in each deceased and RS200,000 assistance to each wounded. Following a partial agreement on the claims, the protesters ended the protest and the situation began to return to normality.
In Islamabad, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, meanwhile, expressed grief over the martyrdom of innocent and peaceful citizens because of the firing of Fitna al-Khawarij and instructed the authorities concerned to provide immediate medical assistance to the wounded.
KP Minister of Chief Gandapur also expressed deep grief and grief over the tirah incident and announced financial assistance from RS10 million to the heirs of each deceased and RS2.5 million for each wounded, according to an express news report.
The minister of the main called a Peshawar Jirga, consisting of tribal oldest and public representatives so that local emotions and concerns could be heard. He ordered the district administration and the institutions to strengthen public communication and maintain order.
Gandapur said that a number of Jirgas of tribal elders would start from next week on the division and then provincial levels. National Assembly MP from the Iqbal Afridi area and KP Assembly Member Abdul Ghani Afridi condemned the incident.
(With input from app)
