 Clerics from Ahmadzai Wazir tribes on Sunday assured South Waziristan Agency's political administration their support in restoring peace in the area. A cleric's delegation led by MNA Maulana Noor Muhammad, Maulana Mir Ajam, Maulana Asamud Din and Maulana Shakirullah met officials of the political administration at Scouts Camp.
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The political administrator asked them (clerics) and tribal elders to form a committee to restore peace in the area. The clerics were also asked to formulate a strategy to resolve other problems in the area besides restoring peace. Separately, Sultan Muhammad, Health Welfare Association of Afghan Refugees president, demanded the government review its decision of transferring two Basic Health Units (BHUs) set up for Afghan refugees in Wana. He said the government was planning to shift the BHUs from Wana to Dera Ismail Khan. Presently, 27,000 Afghan refugees were living in the agency and their number increased in the summer when Afghans settled in warmer areas of Pakistan migrated to Wana, he added. He also asked the government to open four schools previously set up for Afghan refugees, which had been closed. |