Forces conduct search in Mohmand Agency

Educational institutions remain closed in Ghallanai

GHALLANAI: Security forces on Thursday conducted search operations amid curfew as the atmosphere remained gloomy on the second day of the suicide attacks at the main entrance to the office of political agent in Mohmand Agency.

The security forces conducted search operations amid partial curfew in parts of the tribal region while big and small markets and educational institutions in Ghallanai remained closed. Attendance in the government offices in Ghallanai, the administrative headquarters of Mohmand Agency, also remained thin.

The political administration had imposed a partial curfew in the aftermath of the suicide attacks but the busy Bajaur-Peshawar highway and roads in other parts of the agency remained opened to traffic.

Security personnel monitored the situation while thorough body search was carried out at various checkpoints in Ghallanai. People from various walks of life visited the families of the victims of suicide attacks. They offered Fateha and expressed sympathies with the bereaved families.