Fresh Army reinforcements have reached Wana in South Waziristan Agency as tribal chieftains handed over two more wanted men to the political administration there on Wednesday. The administration has issued a list of 57 wanted men. Maulvi Amir Ajam and Abdul Razzak of the Tojikhel sub-tribe surrendered to the grand jirga of the political administration and tribal elders at Azam Warsak, 12 kilometres west of Wana, a tribal elder told Daily Times on the phone from Wana. With the handover of the two men, a total of five wanted men have been handed over to the government in the last 24 hours and the tribal chief hoped that normalcy would return to the area with the Wazir tribeâs willingness to cooperate with the political administration. Tribal Chieftain Malik Mirzalam Khan said the Thursday deadline should now be extended since there was progress on the wanted menâs surrender. âIf the government is looking for lame excuses to begin operation then the January 15 deadline is good enough to deteriorate the situation,â he told Daily Times.
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