Peace committee member among 5 killed in South Waziristan

Five, including a peace committee member, were killed in an explosion in South Waziristan Agency.

According to the political administration of the agency, the explosive device was installed on a roadside in Spinkai area of Sarokai in South Waziristan.

The peace committee member killed in the explosion has been identified as Wali Jan Mehsud. His brother was among the ones critically injured in the incident.

Bomb blast in Swat kills peace committee member's father

Zeb was targeted when he was in his car with his father and two other people on route to Mingora from his home.

Peace committee members are targetted time and again in the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and agencies of its adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

In October, a peace committee member was targetted in Ghar rea of Malam Jabba in Swat. The targetted person, Ahmed Zeb, was in his car with his father and two other people, when the incident took place.

In the targetted attack, Zeb’s father was killed while two others were critically injured, police had said.