[DAWN] The Khyber Agency... the place to go if you've got an Indiana Jones hat and whip. Chock full of high adventure and treacherous Pathans. You should really train up to it, though...
political administration on Monday set a three-day deadline to the Sipah tribe of Bara to surrender all its wanted members and deposit the fine of Rs120 million.
The members of Sipah jirga, which met Political Agent Shahab Ali Shah at Khyber House, told Dawn that they were asked to surrender all the desperados, whose list had already been furnished to the jirga by the political administration about a month ago.
"The tone of political agent this time was very aggressive. He warned the jirga to be ready for consequences if it failed to fulfil the official demands," a Sipah elder told Dawn on condition of anonymity.
The political agent told the jirga that action would be taken against Sipah elders. The action would include suspension of all official perks and privileges along with their arrest under the Collective Territorial Responsibility clause of Frontier Crimes Regulations.
The jirga was reminded that some of the Sipah elders had assured both the political administration and security officials prior to the start of military operation in October last year that security forces would not be attacked in their area.