Dec 31, 2012 - 06 Jan, 2013
FRC Weekly Report
By Nawaf Khan
Bajaur Agency:
On 03 Jan 2013, a three day anti polio drive peacefully ended in Bajaur tribal region but the campaign target couldn’t be achieved, as per an official of the local health department.
On 05 Jan 2013, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf directed the Ministry of Water and Power to start the construction of a grid station in Bajaur Agency this month to ensure smooth supply of electricity in the agency.
Mohmand Agency:
On 04 Jan 2013, a jirga of Haleemzai tribe in Mohmand Agency decided to strengthen the local peace committees to protect government properties in the area.
Khyber Agency:
On 31 Dec 2012, two bullet-riddled bodies were found in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.
On 31 Dec 2012, three women killed and six children sustained injuries when mortar shells struck three houses in Sepah area of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency.
On 31 Dec 2012, extremist elements blew up two government schools with explosive material in tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency.
On 01 Jan 2013, security forces in Bar Qambar Khel area of Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency have started collecting personal details of people living in the area.
On 01 Jan 2013, fourteen people, women and children among them, were killed and four others injured when fighter planes bombed two houses in Tirah valley of the agency.
On 01 Jan 2013, a young man was killed when militants blew up a government primary school in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency.
On 01 Jan 2013, two girl students of a seminary were killed and five others injured when a mortar shell landed outside the institution in the Akkakhel area of Bara.
On 02 Jan 2013, the house of an anti-polio worker was partially damaged in a blast apparently carried out by militants at Vermando Mela in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency.
On 04 Jan 2013, Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan observed that both the Khyber Agency political agent and Customs officials were involved in cattle smuggling to Afghanistan and were taking bribe of Rs100,000 per vehicle carrying poultry or cattle.
On 05 Jan 2013, twenty militants were killed and 10 others injured in Tirah valley when fighter jets pounded their hideouts.
On 05 Jan 2013, in Shalobar area of Bara, two improvised explosive devices planted along a road went off when activists of a local peace committee were patrolling the area however no one was injured.
On 06 Jan 2013, unidentified gunmen blew up an abandoned mosque in Bara where proscribed militant organisation Lashkar-i-Islam was formed about eight years ago.
Orakzai Agency:
On 03 Jan 2013, unidentified gunmen kidnapped two persons from Baizot area in lower Orakzai Agency.
On 03 Jan 2013, one person killed and three others sustained injuries in two remote-controlled blasts in Orakzai Agency.
Kurram Agency:
On 02 Jan 2013, authorities closed Pak-Afghan border in Kurram Agency for three days to ensure peaceful observance of the chehlum of Imam Hussain (RA) in the tribal area, the political agent said.
On 02 Jan 2013, elders of the Para Chamkani tribe handed over a militants’ commander to the political administration as six-day ultimatum had been given to the tribe to produce him or face military action.
On 06 Jan 2013, one person was killed and three others including two women sustained injuries in a roadside blast in lower Kurram Agency.
North Waziristan Agency:
On 01 Jan 2013, nine bullet-riddled bodies were found dumped in a deserted locality in Peer Kali of North Waziristan Agency.
On 02 Jan 2013, a civilian worker of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) was killed and four security men were seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a remote-controlled bomb near Matches Camp in Miramshah.
On 03 Jan 2013, at least two militants were killed and six others injured in an overnight operation by the security forces in North Waziristan Agency.
On 04 Jan 2013, a US Drone fired four missiles on a vehicle of suspected militants in Mubarik Shahi area of tehsil Miranshah NWA thereby killing at least three militants.
On 05 Jan 2013, seven more bullet-riddled bodies were recovered on Miranshah-Razmak road in North Waziristan Agency (NWA).
On 05 Jan 2013, twenty-five mortar shells fired from Afghanistan landed in the border area of Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan Agency, but there was no report of any loss of life.
South Waziristan Agency:
On 02 Jan 2013, the authorities in South Waziristan Agency linked the issuance of the computerized national identity cards, passports and domicile certificates to the immunisation of children against polio.
On 03 Jan 2013, a US drone strike killed a Taliban commander Mullah Mohammad Nazir along with his six other fellows in Sra Kanda, some 45 kilometers in the west of tehsil Wana of South Waziristan Agency.
On 06 Jan 2013, thousands of Pakistani tribesmen protested the killing of warlord Mullah Nazir and hoisted black flags to mark his death.
Peshawar:
On 31 Dec 2012, a kidnapped militiaman, who survived a Taliban atrocity and was admitted to a hospital with serious injuries, died, raising the number of the slain Levies Force personnel to 22.
On 31 Dec 2012, a person was wounded as a bomb went off outside a cinema near the Bacha Khan Chowk in provincial capital Peshawar.
On 01 Jan 2013, Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan advised the federal government to hold ‘meaningful’ talks with Taliban insurgents to restore peace in the country and use force if the talks fail to produce desired results.
On 01 Jan 2013, December 27 2012, abduction and execution of 22 Levies personnel was carried out by Tariq Afridi Group of the Pakistani Taliban which was previously involved in the 2010 kidnapping of two former ISI officers, Colonel (R) Sultan Ameer Tarrar and Squadron Leader (R) Khalid Khawaja.
On 01 Jan 2013, government set another eight senior Taliban leaders free in two batches over the past few days, signalling its continued support for the Afghan reconciliation process.
On 01 Jan 2013, a three-day anti-polio campaign was launched in Fata except Kurram, Orakzai, North Waziristan Agencies and FR Peshawar.
On 01 Jan 2013, TTP refuted the media reports that the group has been split into a few factions by releasing a video tape showing its central commander united and intact.
On 02 Jan 2013, militants ambushed a van taking the polio team workers home and killed six women and their male companion in district Swabi of KPK.
On 02 Jan 2013, the bomb disposal unit (BDU) officials defused an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 70 kilograms planted near the house of a tribesman in Achini Bala village near the provincial capital.
On 02 Jan 2013, government allowed the transit of military vehicles under US cargo coming from Afghanistan but has chosen to retain the ban on the passage of hazardous waste material and depleted uranium ammunition.
On 02 Jan 2013, security forces defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in the limits of Miryan Police Station Bannu.
On 02 Jan 2013, recognizing the benefits of this modern day revolution, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Barrister Syed Masood Kausar, endeavoured to introduce Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the people of Fata, enabling them to use this technology as a means to propel socio-economic development.
On 02 Jan 2013, the Pakistan and Afghan authorities restricted movement of their citizens and Pak-Afghan Dosti buses were also barred from crossing the Torkham border.
On 03 Jan 2013, Pakistan Army regards internal threats as the biggest danger to the country’s security and has brought a major shift in its operational priorities accordingly.
On 03 Jan 2013, anti-polio drive which was to start in Charsadda district on January 2 was again postponed due to the refusal of the lady health workers to take part in it.
On 03 Jan 2013, a bomb went off at the University of Peshawar (UoP) campus, the second within a week, partially damaging a hall of the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Studies.
On 03 Jan 2013, Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat is revamping, rehabilitating and constructing Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) centre to provide better employment opportunities to the youth and female of FATA with brining about consequential impact of poverty reduction.
On 03 Jan 2013, Deputy Commissioner Peshawar Mohammad Javed Marwat said the polio workers will be provided full security during the four days of anti-polio drive in provincial capital.
On 03 Jan 2013, the bullet-riddled body of a local mosque’s prayer leader was found in the Shahmansoor mountains of Swabi district.
On 04 Jan 2013, a house of former employee of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was damaged in a bomb blast in the limits of Lundkhwar Police Station District Mardan.
On 05 Jan 2013, some 250 prisoners formerly held by the US have been released by Afghan authorities in hopes that this will lead to reconciliation in the 11-year conflict, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.
On 05 Jan 2013, provincial information minister KPK said that the strength of militants has increased so alarmingly that now, they can reach anywhere they want to carry out their activities.
On 05 Jan 2013, a militant blew himself up instead of surrendering to police after an encounter in Swabi.
On 05 Jan 2013, two people were injured in two separate blasts in Kinger and Norarh areas of Bannu district.
On 05 Jan 2013, two suspected militants were killed and as many schools destroyed in four blasts in various parts of Peshawar, while officials also defused a 12 kilogramme bomb.
On 05 Jan 2013, in view of the Pakistan Army’s new doctrine of focusing on sub-conventional warfare, top military commanders conducted a comprehensive review of the terror war strategy.
On 05 Jan 2013, government continued to be in denial over the killing of a Pakistani Taliban, Mulla Nazeer in a US drone strike, saying it was as yet not in a position to verify the report.
On 05 Jan 2013, four explosions destroyed the under-construction District Jail in Rehmanabad area of District Hangu.
On 05 Jan 2013, three persons sustained injuries in a blast in the limits of Miryan Police Station Bannu.
On 05 Jan 2013, police and security forces arrested a militant commander of the banned Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) during a search operation in Jalozai camp.
On 06 Jan 2013, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) is planning attacks on the rally of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri in Islamabad.
On 06 Jan 2013, Afghan Taliban warned of a prolonged war in Afghanistan if any foreign troops stay after the end of 2014, as Kabul and Washington prepare to discuss the “residual” US security presence.