KOHAT FORT: During the grand jirga held here on Saturday (28th Dec 2024) to address the law and order situation in the district, truce was not reached, as one party did not agree to surrender its heavy weapons to the government.
Earlier, the district authorities had asserted that as long as the citoyens of the district possessed heavy weapons, peace could not prevail in the area and the roads could not be opened.
While there have been reports that 100 children died because of non-availability of medicine caused by the closure of main arteries, a heli service had been delivering medicine and other goods to the citizens.
It may be recalled that following the sectarian clashes between Shia and Non-Shia landowners here, that claimed lives of 130 people, KP Apex Committee on 20th Dec 2024 pondered over means to contain the violence.
The Apex Committee, under the Chairmanship of CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur, had decided to dismantle all the bunkers and remove all firearms in order to ameliorate the deteriorating law and order state of affairs. Locals have been asked to surrender their weapons by 2nd day of Feb, 2025.
After the passage of the deadline, law enforces will confiscate all the heavy weapons in the area. He also directed to temporarily take weapons from the locals. It is pertinent to mention here that due to closure of exits and entrances, inhabitants are facing a grave dearth of food and medicine.
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