Jirga warns against sheltering foreigners

SHAKAI—Shakai jirga Sunday warned people against serious consequences for providing shelter to foreigners.
According to a private television, tribal jirga was held in Shakai region of North Waziristan under leadership of Ahmad Zai Wazir tribal chief Malik Noor Muhammad in which many tribal chiefs of the area and large number of local people participated. The jirga directed the people to exile all foreigners from the area and to cooperate with security forces and political administration of the area. The jirga also warned against serious consequences for those providing shelter to foreigners.
All Parties Tribal Protection Conference while holing the rulers responsible for massacre of innocent children in a seminary in Bajaur agency have said the US has targeted the Madrissah as per firm evidences but the government has taken its responsibility to cover up its inefficiency. This was said by the speakers in the conference held here Sunday. The speakers were MMA president Qazi Hussain Ahmad, PML-N central leader Zafar Iqbal Jhagra, PTI chairman, Imran Khan, MMA central leader Allama Sajid Naqvi, senior journalist Rahim Ullah Yusuf Zai, Seraj ul Haq and others. —Agencies