Dara Adam Khel a tribal area situated between Kohat
and Peshawer, is a center of weapons trade and
manufacturing. Soon after Soviet invasion on
Afghanistan in 1979, "Soviet made Kalashnikov became
available in Dara Adam Khel, till February 2006, its
price was mere ten thousand Pakistani rupees, after
outbreak of sectarian violence in Hangu its price is
gone up to forty thousand, only second hand
Kalashnikov is available at the price of twenty five
thousand rupees.English Pistol of 30 bore was available
at price of mere 12000/rs now its price in Dara Adam
Khel market is 30000/rs.Price of M16 rifle is gone up
from 36000/rs to two hundred thousand rupees.
Condemn weapons are smuggled from Meeran Shah to Dara
dam Khel, then these weapons are reconditioned in Dara
Adam Khel weapon manufacturing factories and are
smuggled back towards Meeran Shah".SHO police Station
Ibrahimzai Hangu Mr Rashid Gul Bangash has said.
"Mehsood tribesmen in groups of more then twenty
persons walk on foot from Meeran Shah to Dara Adam
Khel carrying dozen Klashinkoves by each member of
the group, they walk through hilly areas, after
delivering Klashinkoves in Dara Adam Khel these on
foot smugglers, carry some bullets and reconditioned
weapons from Dara Adam khel through Gandyali village
of Kohat they return back towards Meeran Shah by using
shortest hilly routes, most often they escape and
throw their arms behind when ever encountered by
police, they dislike to be arrested".Muhammad Hafeez
Bangash an eyewitness has said.
"Majority of Shia population from Hangu city is
migrated to Kohat KDA, the moment armed forces are pulled out from
Hangu their will be one another round of sectarian
violence in Hangu Both Shia and Sunni sect people are
buying weapons",Waheed Ullah a School teacher and
coordinator of Silver Line NGO in Hangu, has said.
"School teacher Syeda Jana, Incharge Daskari School in
upper Orakzai gency and her children Anosh and Laila,
were mercilessly killed by Awkhel tribesmen in revenge
of incidents which took place n Hanu during outbreak
of sectarian violence in February because, they were
Shia, two Sunni girls were residing in another room of
the hostel but only Shia girls were killed, their
bodies were deshaped by killers with daggers, my wife
Shabia Jan Councilor from Ustarzai Kohat had given
bath to their deadbodies before their burial, we
residents of Shia Bangash area are planning revenge
from Sunni Awkhel tribes men of Upper Orakzai Agency,
though Governor NWFP has given three lakh rupees for
each deceased person and administration of Hangu Barani
Project has given two lakh rupees for each deceased
person to their famlies but money cannot be a
substitute for humen life ", Mr. Najaf Ali husband of
Councilor Shabia Jan of Ustarzai Kohat has said.
"Smugglers supply weapon not only to Hangu but to
Afghanistan and elsewhere the market is available,
more then 3000 workers are employed in weapons
manufacturng industry of Dara Adam Khel, most of the
skilled workers are from Kohat, Charsada, Sawabi and
Mardan, they are extremely good in makng 30bore
pistols", an arms factory owner Mr Abdullah Afridi has
said.
Government of Pakistan has no control on these tribal
areas of NWFP though Political administration is their
in Dara Adam Khel but exercise little influence or
control on weapon smugglers and manufacturers,
tribesmen of Dara Adam khel use term independent tribes
(Azad Qabail)about themseleves. As long as sectarian
conflict persists in Hangu and in its adjacent tribal
areas, weapon prices will increase, thus the
industry in Dara Adam Kheil will also keep on growing.
By
Abdur Raziq