Kharqamar clash: KP govt withdraws case against Mohsin Dawar, Ali Wazir

Kharqamar clash: KP govt withdraws case against Mohsin Dawar, Ali Wazir

Peshawar (Web Desk): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday withdrew a case against senior Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) members and MNAs Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir regarding a clash at a Kharqamar military check post.

ATC Bannu judge Baber Ali Khan heard the case in Abbottabad due to security reasons, and accepted complainant’s application.

A first information report (FIR) was registered at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Police Station, Bannu Range, against several PTM workers including Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir for allegedly attacking an army check post at Kharqamar in North Waziristan on May 26 last year, which left at least 14 people dead and several others injured.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), five army soldiers were wounded in firing by the attackers.

The attackers came with a motive to release some suspected terrorists, however, three attackers were killed and 10 others sustained injuries in the exchange of fire, the military’s media wing had said.