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Killing of peace volunteers shows failure of govt: Swat jirga
[DAWN] MINGORA: The Swat ...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat... Qaumi Jirga on Thursday showed deep concern over the assassinations of peace volunteers and asked the government to take concrete steps for protecting elders and members of village defence committees in the district. The jirga also expressed reservations over establishment of cantonment in the district and demanded of federal government and Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif to review the decision in the better interest of the people of Swat. The jirga members demanded of the government to establish a university for women in the district and name it after Nobel laureate Malala. The demands were made during a meeting of the jirga held here at Swat Press Club on Thursday. The meeting was addressed by Swat Qaumi Jirga members Mukhtiar Khan Yousafzai, Mohammad Ali Khan, Haji Zahid Khan, Malik Riaz, Shamsher Ali Khan, Ahmad Shah, Abdul Khaliq, Fazale Maula, Khurshid Kakajee, ANP leader Wajid Ali Khan, QWP leader Sher Bahadar Khan and PPP leader Iqbal Hussain. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-31 |
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