[DAWN] LANDI KOTAL: A purported pro-government gang of Bazaar Zakhakhel area in 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...
has invited all national and international non-governmental organizations to carry out development projects in the underdeveloped region.
In a statement issued to the local media, Haji Munshi Zakhakhel, a front man for Tauheedul Islam, a purported pro-government peace body, said his group would provide complete security and assistance to all NGOs willing to carry out development work in remote and underdeveloped Bazaar-Zakhakhel area.
He said the entire Bazaar Zakhakhel area had no basic health unit and facilities for girls education.
"Our girls are uneducated as we do not have a single primary schools for them, while most local residents take their ailing family members to Landi Kotal, Jamrud and Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
for treatment due to unavailability of health facilities in the area," he said.
The front man said unfortunately, no basic facility had been provided to the local residents despite several requests to the relevant government officials.
"We appeal to NGOs, both national and international, to come to our area for development work. We will provide them with complete security," he said.
The gang's invitation to NGOs for uplift comes at a time when the federal government has stopped most of them from operating in tribal areas.
Tauheedul Islam had parted ways with Bara-based bully boy outfit, Lashkar-e-Islam
...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver....
, in 2010 after the latter's activists killed a local holy man for asking them to leave Zakhakhel area.
Since then, both the gangs have been in conflict, killing each other's supporters in large numbers.
The TI activists claim they also helped security forces expel the LI from Bazaar Zakhakhel area.
A local resident said there was no clean drinking water in Bazaar-Zakhakhel area forcing the people to drink rainwater accumulated in ponds.
He said local rustics and the cattle consumed the same water.