Lawlessness: Gunmen kill one in Khyber Agency

Political agent directs officials to ban riding motorcycles.

JAMRUD: A man was killed by unidentified assailants in Naye Abadi area of Jamrud tehsil in Khyber Agency on Thursday morning.

An official of the political administration said the incident occurred when Fazal Amin, a resident of Jamrud Bazaar, was returning home in his car after dropping his children to school.

Two men travelling on a motorcycle intercepted his car and opened fire, killing Amin on the spot, the official said, adding Khasadar officials deployed in the area rushed to the spot and shifted the body to Jamrud Civil Hospital for autopsy. A search operation was launched afterwards to look for the attackers who managed to flee after the incident.



Khyber Agency Political Agent Mutahir Zaib Khan later directed political administration officials of Jamrud to ban motorcycle riding in the sub-division for an indefinite period to curb militancy. Resultantly, officials informed locals not to use motorcycles as it would lead to an arrest and a fine while the vehicle would be confiscated by the administration.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 20^th, 2013.