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Protection demands from Provincial Government

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: The former district Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Chitral Abdullah Jan has demanded of the provincial government to provide him protection against Shahzada Amir Hasanatuddin of former royal family of Chitral who is trying to seize his piece of land with the help of hired assassins and hooligans. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that the prince had hired a squad of twenty five thugs from Afghanistan and the border area of Arandu to dislodge him from his piece of land which he had purchased in the year 1981 (he showed the documents of purchasing deed to the journalists). Flanked by former mayor of Chitral town Hakim Mujeebullah and tehsil nazim Amir Khan Mir, he said that last night, the hooligans took hold of his land situated near Chitral airport and encamped there. Mr. Jan said that on the intervention of local police, the hired assassins fled the spot and took refuge in the house of the prince but the police has not arrested any one them. He said that the hired assassins pose serious threat to the peaceful atmosphere of Chitral and their very presence shows the vanishing writ of the government. He said that the maintenance of private force armed to the teeth by a person must be taken a stern notice of and the law enforcement agencies must be taken into account for their negligence. The JI leaders said that the presence of the hired assassins in Chitral has filled its inhabitants with fear who are known for their nonviolence.