Mohmand... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
Malik Sultan on Monday expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
about food shortage and closure of educational institutions in the militancy-hit tribal agency and demanded the intervention of the
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
governor and international donor organizations for corrective measures.
Mr Sultan told a news conference here at the press club that houses, fields, tube-wells, livestock and public facilities stood destroyed in the agency due to militancy with the locals struggling to earn livelihood for their families.
He said lawlessness ruined businesses, educational institutions and health facilities to the misery of the families majority of which had returned after remaining away for quite some time.
To a question, the head of the aman lashkar said livestock, which was a major source of income in the agency, was destroyed, adding that the people had been leading miserable life in damaged houses with no resources at their disposal.
He said farmers wanted to live a life they had spent before the arrival of cut-throats but were too poor to buy seeds and fertilizers to grow crops.
Mr Sultan said over 2,000 families of Khwaizai and Baizai localities had already returned to their respective villages but the remaining were reluctant to move back to their homes due to fear of starvation in absence of food in adequate supply.
Appreciating Pakistain Army for launching operation against cut-throats and flushing them out of the agency, he said the tribal people, especially those living in Mohmand agency, saluted soldiers for making the tribal area peaceful.
To anther query, the head of the aman lashkar said only 25 people from Baizai area and 10 from Khwaizai tribes supported Death Eaters, while none of Mohmand rustics supported the myrmidons.
He demanded provision of funds, seeds and fertilizer to locals so that they could rebuild their destroyed houses and cultivate crops to meet both ends.