Border patrol: Aerial firing on Punjab-K-P border

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Two dozen unidentified heavily armed men resorted to aerial firing along the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P)-Punjab boundary on Tuesday. Sources added that the men, who entered the vicinity of the Lakhani post of the Border Military Police (BMP), also chanted pro-Taliban slogans. The BMP is the sole organisation responsible for maintaining law and order in the area and protecting provincial boundaries. The incident created a sense of insecurity among the residents of adjacent villages, although the armed men crossed the border back to K-P after patrolling the area for a while. Commandant BMP of Dera Ghazi Khan, Wali Mohammad Braich, confirmed the incident of aerial firing but denied that the men chanted slogans in favour of the Taliban.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 21^st,  2011.