[DAWN] MINGORA: Suspected bully boyz rubbed out three peace volunteers in Kabal tehsil of 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...
district on Monday, police said.
They said that peace volunteer Zahir Shah, also a teacher in a government school at Gul Jabba area of tehsil Kabal, was on his way to school when suspected bully boyz opened firing on him. He was killed on the spot after receiving three bullets in his head and neck, they added.
Two more members of village defence committee in Bara Bandai area of tehsil kabal were also bumped off by suspected bully boyz on Monday night.
Police said that Mohammad Zeb and Fareed were standing outside a local mosque after offering Ishah prayers when suspected bully boyz opened firing on them. As a result both of them were killed on the spot. Mohamad Zeb and Fareed were members of the local village defence committee.
The assassinations of members of village peace committees caused a sense of insecurity among the local peace volunteers.
Idrees Khan, president of Nepkikhel Amn Jirga, told Dawn that instead of showing sorrow over the assassinations, people should come forward to work against Lion of Islams. "It is our collective responsibility to fight for peace and eliminate terrorism," he added.
Mr Khan said that police and other law enforcement agencies did not have enough manpower to protect each and every resident of Swat that had a population 2.3 million. People should extend their support to the security forces in combating terrorism, he added.
According to unofficial data collected through different sources, more than 24 peace volunteers have been killed in Swat since restoration of peace in the scenic valley. Most of the incidents of assassinations have taken place in Matta and Kabal tehsils of the district.
Haji Zahid Khan, president of All Swat Hotels Association and a member of local peace committee, said that despite of tall claims about restoration of peace, the administration failed to arrest the people involved in incidents of assassination in the district. The administration should allow the peace volunteer to take steps for their protection if it could not fulfil its responsibility, he added.