Hopes for a peaceful solution to the foreignersâ registration issue in South Waziristan faded when a 40-member advisory committee of tribal elders was dissolved on Wednesday after differences remained within, over the demolition of houses of wanted tribesmen. Sources told Daily Times on the phone from Wana that serious differences developed among tribal elders over the demolition of houses of relatives of Maulvi Abbas and Javed, two local Al Qaeda loyalists wanted by the authorities. A grand jirga convened by the educated youth of the Wazir tribe in Wana expressed lack of confidence in the members of the advisory committee, accusing them of failing to solve the issue peacefully.
| I'm having a hard time getting my mind around that phrase "educated youth of the Wazir tribe"... |
Nisar Ahmad Nisar from the Tajikhel Wazir tribe and Azizul Hassan from the Khojakhel Wazir said the advisory committee had been demolishing houses but it had failed to persuade the administration to lift sanctions imposed on tribesmen despite a lapse of a month. They said the demolition of houses was no solution to the issue and would leave the people worse off than before. They said members of the advisory committee were illiterate and had failed to understand the complexities of the situation. âIt is time the educated youth tried to settle the issue and talked to the political administration,â they added. |