Bilawal denounces shelling on party's leader's jirga.

Dera Ismail Khan -- Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday strongly deplored a police shelling on his party leader's Jirga in Dera Ismail Khan (DIK) and termed it political victimisation from the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). According to a report, the PPP legislator of KP Assembly Ahmad Kundi and Mayor of Paharpur Makhdoom Altaf Hussain Shah held a Jirga of people of three villages to address the matter of flooding in their areas.

MPA Ahmad Kundi said the police fired and shelled the Jirga resultantly three people were injured. He said the Jirga has failed due to the incompetence of Dera Ismail Khan DSP Fazl-ur-Rahim who should be suspended immediately.

He also demanded that KP Chief Minister Mehmood Khan and IG Police take notice of the incident. The RPO DIK has said that the matter is being...

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