Tribe threatens protest against police post construction

LANDIKOTAL: Tribal elders belonging to the Mulagori tribe have threatened to stage protest against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf head Imran Khan if he failed to take action against his party’s lawmaker who is trying to build a police checkpost on their land in Khyber Agency near the boundary with Peshawar.
Talking to reporters, tribal elders including Sabz Ali, Malik Hajjat Shah and Malik Haji Gul Mulagori accused the PTI MPA Mehmood Jan of illegally occupying their property situated near the Marble Chowk in the Mulagori area.
The elders said the PTI leader along with several policemen had crossed the boundary and encroached into Khyber Agency near the Marble Chowk. They said the PTI leader was exploiting the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s machinery for his personal interest.
The Mulagori tribal elders asked Imran Khan to take notice of the matter and initiate action against the PTI MPA Mehmood Jan.They threatened to stage protest outside the Chief Minister’s House in Peshawar if Imran Khan failed to take action against Mehmood Jan.
This scribe tried to take version of Mehmood Jan in the matter, but he did not respond to the phone calls. However, Khyber Agency’s political Agent Syed Shahab Ali Shah said that he had directed the administration responsible for Mulagori area to probe the matter and report to him within 24 hours.
Our correspondent in Jamrud adds: The elders of Kukikhel tribe warned of a sit-in outside the residence of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan against the provincial government’s lack of interest in resolving issue of Regi Lalma township.
A jirga of Kukikhel elders was held at the residence of late Haji Zewar Shah in Jamrud on Sunday.The elders including Muhammad Irfan Khan Katiakhel, Haji Daud Mastalkhel, Sarwar Khan Sikandarkhel, Gohar Ayub Abdalkhel and others spoke on the occasion.
They said the provincial government had illegally occupied the Kukikhel Afridi tribe’s land in Regi Lalma.“The PTI-led provincial government has launched developmental projects and constructing commercial plazas on our land,” stated one of the elders.
The elders said that Kukikhel tribe had been protesting against the illegal occupation of their land but the government was not taking interest in resolving the issue.The tribesmen urged the provincial government to resolve the issue of Regi Lalma as soon as possible, otherwise Kukikhel tribe would organise a sit-in at Banigala, which houses residence of Imran Khan, on March 9.