Woman committed suicide in Bajaur

A woman has committed suicide by eating poison in the Love gondo area of Mamond tehsil in Bajaur tribal agency on Friday, local of the area said.
Local said that a 35 year old woman Qimat Bib the wife of Said Akbar a resident of the area who was under depression for the last several days due the domestic problems committed suicide by eating poison tablets .
“Its possible she has committed suicide because she was looks un happy for the last several days due to the bad behavior of her family members,” Riaz Khan a close relative of Qimat Bibi told .
The local said that she was missing for the early morning of Friday and her body was found in her room after the several hour searches.
They said that a bottle of poison was also recovered from her room.
Resident of the area said that she was mother of the three children while her husband has been out of home for the last several months due his business activities.

Dabbar residents demand basic facilities

Residents were facing a lot of problems due to unavailability of basic health, education, communication and transport facilities in Dabbar area of Mamound tehsil in Bajuar Agency, said local tribesmen on Friday.
People of the area complained that their children were kept deprived of basic education because the area had no single high school for boys or girls.
\"The patients of the area are facing difficulties and often they die before reaching to hospital for treatment\" a local of the area said while talking about the lack of health facilities in the area. He added that the roads of the area were also in very bad conditions and transportation on the roads was also no less than a tragedy.
They also said that there was no proper system of communication in the area that\'s why the residents of area were not able to be in contact with their relatives in the main cities of Pakistan and foreign countries.
Thy demanded of the government and political administration,establishment of high schools, repairing the roads and availability of telephone facility to the people of the area.
Meanwhile, a 35 year old lady committed suicide by taking poisonous pills due to unknown reasons in Ghoundai area of Mamound tehsil on Friday, political administration said.

Night Curfew Lefted in Bajaur

The strife-torn Bajaur Agency is limping back to normalcy four years after the military mounted a massive operation against Taliban insurgents in the tribal region. As the first sign, security forces announced that night-time curfew imposed in May 2008 will be lifted from  (today).

“Since the security forces have restored law and order in the region, the curfew will be lifted on Saturday,” Brigadier Haidar, the sector commander (North) in Bajaur Agency, told the media on Friday. Now, business activities can continue late into the evening, he added.

“Transport facilities will also be available and everyone can move freely in the area,” Brig Haider said. The air of fear lingering for four years has disappeared, he added. “We’ve eliminated extremist elements and the writ of the government has been re-established in the area.”

Akhundzada Chitan, a federal lawmaker from Bajaur, tribal elders, social activists and local political leaders appreciated security forces’ efforts and said that after the lifting of the curfew, businesses would flourish and tribesmen would be able to fulfill their duties at night.