Swat arrests: Lawyers may challenge check-posts in PHCIn this backdrop, the authorities – including military authorities, Malakand division’s commission and RPO – held talks with 15 tribal elders and announced to withdraw the FIR as the protestors also called off their scheduled protest of Feb 25. It was decided that the checkpoints will take the Pakhtun traditions into account and make the commuting easy on the roads. The Kalam road will be built along the River Swat up to Chakdara without affecting the agricultural lands and residential areas. They said the military authorities will issue their own press release about the points agreed upon in the meeting on the security issues. “The federal government and the Supreme Court should immediately remove check posts from across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and specifically Malakand division.

Source: The Express Tribune February 23, 2018 18:14 UTC