...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...valley and they were no more capable of staging a comeback, claimed ISPR front man Col Arif Mehmood while talking to media persons here on Tuesday.
He said that the security forces had restored peace with the cooperation of local population and now snuffies would not be able to return as borders had been sealed to check infiltration.
He said that the security forces were capable and responsible to provide security to the people of the region so that efforts could be made to revive the local economy of the district. The official said that some elements were spreading rumours about the entry of jacket wallahs in Mingora city to create panic among the people. He said that strict action would be taken against such elements.
In Laddah, a security official was killed and another injured when a checkpost came under rocket attack in the Raghzai area of Birmal tehsil of South Wazoo Agency on Tuesday.
Sources said that two rocket shells hit the checkpost, killing sepoy Qaisar.