Grand Jirga of 7 districts reviews law & order

Gathering attended by FC, police, district admin, local elders

SWAT:

District administration of Malakand division organized a grand Jirga of Swat, Buner, Shangla, Dir Upper, Dir Lower, Malakand and Bajaur districts about law and order situation on Saturday.

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary along with inspector general Frontier Corps North and inspector general police met the local elders, parliamentarians, local government representatives, civil society, teachers, students, notables, clerics and government officials.

Commissioner and regional police officer (RPO) Malakand and deputy commissioner (DC) and district police officer (DPO) of all districts were also present on the occasion. The grand Jirga representing all segments of society was held in Wadoodia Hall, Saidu Sharif, Swat, and discussed security situation in Swat and other districts of Malakand division and the measures taken to ensure peace and stability.

The participants were assured that security and peace will be ensured at all cost and no group or individual will be allowed to disturb the peace and socio economic activities in the area.

Security forces with the support of the local people of Swat have come a long way in maintaining peace for which soldiers, policemen and the people of Swat and Malakand have rendered countless sacrifices.

The blood of these martyrs will not go waste. Few elements who are bent to destabilise and create chaos in Swat and Malakand division for their ulterior motives and vested interests won’t be allowed to succeed.

Writ of the state has been established and will remain so whatever the cost is.

The Jirga resolved that elements who want to disturb peace thrive on our inability to come together against them and feed on divisions amongst us, adding that locals have denied them these tactics earlier and it will happen once again.

The Jirga resolved that people of Swat have given monumental sacrifices and fought as first line of defence along with law enforcement agencies to bring peace in the area. Rich tributes were paid to civil administration of Malakand division and its Police, who carried out successful counter terrorism operations along with army against heavy odds.

The grand Jirga while sharing their perspective reiterated their resolve to stand with LEAs and defeat the designs of pressure groups to destabilise peace of Swat, the entire division and the province and country as a whole.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 16^th, 2022.