Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Shaukat Aziz has said that India through its consulate in Afghanistan is financing terrorist activities in FATA tribal areas of Pakistan; he was heard as saying this on state owned media. Major General Arshad Waheed of ISPR has said that only roads for traffic are opened in Waziristan tribal area no Army pickets are removed, Taliban militants have offered peace negotiations, their offer is still under consideration.
Meanwhile five captives residents of Kohat district have managed to escape from the prison of Taliban militants of Waziristan, they have revealed that militants were of foreign origin and were least interested in Islamic practices like fasting and prayers. During month of Ramadan they were taken hostages by militants, after a brief battle in a fort where these government forces men were deployed.
“Tribesmen, tribeswomen and their children are moving out at large scale from Waziristan and coming towards settled area of Dera Ismaeel Khan, house rents in Dera Ismaeel Khan are gone up, due to increase in demand of houses by migrating tribal families,” Manger Services of Frontier Motors Mr. Shahid Amin has said.
“In Meer Ali area of North Waziristan Curfew is lifted now but no formal announcement is made by government forces present in this area,” local media sources have revealed this.
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Abdur Raziq