WANA: Commissioner Dera Ismail Khan Division Zafar Ul Islam Khattak Visited of Lower South Waziristan headquarters Wana
On this occasion DC South Waziristan Lower Muhammad Nasir Khan, DC South Waziristan Upper Ashfaq Khan and AC Wana Faisal Ismail were also present with him.
While a grand jirga was held at Upper Camp Wana with the Ahmadzai Wazir tribes on Thursday, the Jirga was attended by the leading elders of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribes.
At the beginning of the Jirga, Commissioner Dera Zafar Ul Islam Khattak said while addressing the Jirga that the collective problems of all the tribes will be solved through mutual consultation.
He assured the Jirga that resolving the demands of the people protesting at the Angoor Adda border on a priority basis was among the top priorities.
You people have objections on construction of road from Karkanra area of Wana near Gomal Zam Dam, I will personally try to build it in the population
On this occasion, Malik Alla Uddin, Malik Yar Muhammad, Malik Jameel, Malik Tariq and Malik Saidullah Wazir presented their problems and demands.
The tribal elders appealed to the commissioner to immediately resolve the problems faced by the people on the Angoor Ada border.
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The tribal elders insisted on settling the land disputes, especially the Gomal valley, according to the British misal/record, and requested to take practical steps for demarcation.
The tribal elders strongly demanded that the property of Lower and Upper South Waziristan in Tank district is shared by the Wazir and Mehsud tribes, therefore, the government should give its share to the Wazir tribe.
Urgent steps should be taken to stop the police from rounding up non-custom paid vehicles in Lower South Waziristan.
The tribal elders also asked that the name of Governor Model School should be removed from the documents by retaining the name of Musa Nikah Public School Wana.
Later, Commissioner Zafar Ul Islam Khattak said in his address to the Jirga, that after 9/11, Ahmadzai Wazir tribe has made immense sacrifices in the war against terrorism and the government is aware of your sacrifices.
He said that the sacrifices of tribal elders are not hidden from anyone, we understand your problems.
The commissioner said that it has been more than a month that local people have been sitting on sit-in for their demands at Angoor Adda. and make urgent efforts to address their legitimate demands.
He said that the land disputes of all the tribes will be resolved through mutual consultation and no one will be treated unfairly.
He also said that the land disputes should be resolved with the consent of the tribal elders. so it’s to defend you people that you want to solve these problems through Jirga, court, local tradition and Shariat and the government and administration will solve them.
