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Why does the Pakistani regime not eliminate terrorism from it's roots? it continues to engage the MMA knowing ful well that they are the mask of Al-Qaida - all Pakistanis know this, the rest of the world knows this, so why does Musharraf keep the masquerade going?
Tribal leader shot dead in Wana
WANA (AFP) - A tribal politician with close links to Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot dead in a drive-by attack by suspected Al-Qaeda militants Wednesday, officials said.
Shahlam Khan, 50, whose brother is Pakistan’s Ambassador to Qatar, was blasted by masked gunmen from a moving car in Wana, the main town of South Waziristan.
Bullets struck Shahlam, the leader of a Pashtun party, in his chest and shoulder and he died on the way to hospital in t Peshawar, a senior administration official said.
Authorities were investigating whether Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents were behind the attack. Shahlam had been receiving threatening letters from them, the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Shahlam’s Pushtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party is known for its stance against Taliban and other militants.
Thousands of troops have been sent into Waziristan to hunt down the insurgents.
He was also known for his friendship with Karzai, who is from the same ethnic group. ‘ Shahlam had close ties with Karzai and had received threatening letters from militants earlier,’ tribal elder Malik Behram said. Shahlam’s brother, Ayaz Khan, is serving as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Qatar, he said.
The murder comes six days after another deadly incident involving a tribesman in northwest of the country. On Thursday a tribal leader’s son was killed by a bomb blast a month after the elder handed over two young Uzbek militants to authorities in volatile Makeen region, near Wana.
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when they make no laws but what they themselves and their posterity must be subject to; when they can give no money, but what they must pay their share of; when they can do no mischief, but what must fall upon their own heads in common with their countrymen; their principals may expect then good laws, little mischief, and much frugality
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