[Dawn] A jirga of elders of Torghar on Monday decided to begin an investigation on its own into the last week's bombing of a police van in the district that left four coppers dead and 15 maimed.All the dead and the maimed belonged to Bassikhel tribe.
The jirga, which was held in Judbah and largely attended by elders and people of the area, condemned the van bombing.
It announced that it would carry out own investigation into the terrorist activity to expose perpetrators.It also said the investigation would help prevent such attacks in future. Participants pledged that they won't allow anyone to disturb peace in the area.
A participant said police should investigate as to why the van targeted by beturbanned goons was stopped at Shagaqy Bazaar 'without cause' and that who leaked the travel plan of the targeted convoy to terrorists.
Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy had come up with a new idea...
the district administration and MNA Laiq Mohammad Khan distributed Rs10,000 each to the coppers maimed in the terrorist attack at Battagram and Abbottabad hospitals respectively.