Sufi’s 10-point Swat peace plan

[Naveed Yaseen]

* TNSM chief asks Taliban to remove checkpoints, not to display weapons * Asks government to withdraw troops from schools

Staff Report

MINGORA: Sufi Muhammad, chief of the banned Tehreek Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM), announced a 10-point peace plan for Swat in a press conference on Monday.

Sufi asked the Taliban to remove all their checkposts and not to display arms in the Swat valley. He asked the government to withdraw troops from schools and other buildings and stop all military operations immediately.

He also called on the Taliban and the government to release each others prisoners. The TNSM chief asked employees of the district administration to resume their duties, and the government to reinstate such Frontier Corps, police and government officials who had been sacked during the past few years.

He demanded immediate compensation for the people of Swat, inviting the NWFP chief minister to visit the valley to make an announcement in this regard.

Meanwhile, schools reopened in Mingora and other areas of Swat, but girls’ attendance at both the government and private schools remained thin.

Swat District Coordination Officer (DCO) Khushhal Khan said arrangements would soon be made to rebuild the schools that had been destroyed.

Malakand Commissioner Muhammad Javed briefed Chief Minister Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti in Peshawar on the situation in Swat.

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