The anti-Taliban Adezai Qaumi Lashkar has stopped supporting the law enforcement agencies, blaming Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
government for weakening coordination between police and different peace bodies in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar.
Addressing a presser here on Thursday, chief of Adezai Qaumi Lashkar Dilawar Khan said that they would stop supporting law enforcement agencies immediately against Taliban as provincial government was not serious to get support of armed volunteers against turbans.
"The government instead of supporting us against beturbanned goons has decided to withdraw police guards from the leaders of the peace body and leave them at the mercy of turbans," he said.
Flanked by other leaders of the peace body, Mr Khan said the lashkar had been raised by people on the directives of provincial government. He said that 105 volunteers of the lashkar including its founding chief Haji Abdul Malik were killed and hundreds were maimed in turbans' attacks but government was not ready to recognise their services.
"If police guards are withdrawn then the lashkar leaders will be unable to move as government doesn't allow private guards on roads and Taliban will take advantage of the situation," he said.
Mr Khan said that entire responsibility would rest with the provincial government if any loss was inflicted on the lives and properties of the peace volunteers.