The commanding officer of the Frontier Corps (FC) of Bara tehsil in Khyber Agency has reportedly been transferred, after Bara tribesmen demanded action against security forces alleged to have killed 18 tribesmen in a midnight raid on Tuesday.
Colonel Jawad Zia’s transfer orders were said to have been issued and he has been replaced by Colonel Naeem Sarwar, apparently on the demands of the protesting tribesmen.
FC officials, however, denied the transfer, saying Colonel Zia was reposted as per routine and was still serving in Khyber Agency. They added that Colonel Sarwar has taken over as the new commandant of the force in Bara.
According to details, Bara tribesmen staged a sit-in protest in front of the Governor House bringing with them 15 bodies of their loved ones. All the bodies were mutilated and were recovered from the Alam Gudar area of Bara, Khyber Agency.
Following the tribesmen’s sit-in outside the Governor House, a jirga was constituted from within the protesters, including lawyers from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas lawyers’ forum to hold negotiations with Governor Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Barrister Masood Kausar.
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