Murder of four female aid workers condemned in National Assembly.

ISLAMABAD -- The lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the National Assembly (NA) on Friday condemned the incident of killing of four female handicraft trainers in North Waziristan and decided to hold discussion on the issue in the standing committee on interior.

NA Speaker Asad Qaiser referred the matter of killing of the four women to the committee after a debate.

During discussion on floor of the lower house of parliament, MNA Mohsin Dawar from North Waziristan said before the incident of the killing of four women, ten persons including a local government engineer and public prosecutor and his brother were also kidnapped from the North Waziristan.

He expressed the concern that the terrorists were regrouping in the tribal areas and these terror acts could spread in other parts of the country as well. He along with member of Pakistan Muslim League: Nawaz Murtaza Javed Abbasi called for a comprehensive debate in the house on the incidents of terror and kidnappings in the border areas.

Murtaza said his party condemned the acts of terror and pointed out that the situation had deteriorated in the tribal areas, adding in the previous bye-elections in the border areas, it was even difficult to run an election campaign due to terrorist activities.

He also said the terrorist networks were regrouping in the area and urged the government and the law enforcement agencies to take notice of the situation. Zahid Durrani of Jamiat...