...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
last week, officials said.
The nine rustics had been kidnapped from from an area near the Frontier Road and Faqir Kili located on the outskirts of the lovely provincial capital, close to Khyber tribal region.
Nasir Khan, the assistant political agent in Bara tehsil, confirmed the rustics's release. "They have been handed over to the jirga," he said.
Official sources said the jirga met the snuffies in Akakhel area and after succesful negotiations, the snuffies the nine rustics were handed over to jirga.
The kidnapped men belonged to the Shinwari tribe of Landi Kotal tehsil in Khyber Agency
who had shifted to Peshawar about six decades back, police had said.Officials did not specify a motive for the kidnapping. However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
a source revealed that the snuffies had sought a volunteer from each family or payment of Rs3,000 per month, and on refusal, kidnapped the men.
The Khyber Agency-based bully boy group Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) dominates the area where the group's flags are hoisted on an office in Akakhel. Sources had told Dawn that the snuffies belonged to the Afridi tribe and were trying to extend their control.