South Waziristan: In Wana, Lower South Waziristan district, row erupts between police and Tires protesters escalated.
Police fired in the air to disperse the crowd, resulting in minor injuries to a youth named Ashiq Noor.
The protestors alleged that the police charged us with heavy sticks and tortured us.
On the other hand, the police say that last week, the police caught two pick-ups full of non-custom tires at karab Kot area near tanai.
while the negotiations were going on with the tires owners for several days, but the negotiations failed.
The police further said that when the vehicles with tires were moved to Dera Ismail Khan to be handed over to the customs authorities,
A hand-to-hand encounter took place between the police and protesters standing on Azam Warsak Road.
Eye witnesses say that the police arrested five people while charging the protesters with batons.
All the arrested persons were transferred to City Police Station Wana
District president of PPP Amanullah Wazir is also included among the arrested persons.
The police said that the protestors had blocked the Wana Azamwarsak Road for traffic, which caused severe problems to the common people.
Later, after dispersing the protesters, the road was opened for all kinds of traffic.
Meanwhile, under the leadership of General Secretary of Pakistan People’s Party South Waziristan Lower Imran Mukhalis, local political leaders took out a rally against the police.
The rally participants demanded the release of the arrested persons.
Ashfaq Wazir from Pakhtunkhwa MAP, District President of Jamaat-e-Islami Nadeem Wazir and Haroon Wazir from PTI and tires owners participated in the rally.
The rally participants strongly condemned the lathi charge on the protesters by the police and demanded the early release of the arrested persons.
Political leaders strongly criticized the police misconduct, and demanded the provincial government to transfer all the SHOs of Wana to other remote Districts.
The rally participants said that the SHOs of other districts should be posted in Wana.
In this regard, the business people said that the government should not affect our business and make arrangements at the border, seizing goods inside the district is cruel.
On the other hand, DPO Farmanullah said that an FIR will be registered against those who take the law into their hands.
DPO said the law is equal for all, no one will be allowed to take the law into their hands
