No one is beyond law, says Shaukat Ali KP information minister

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shaukat Ali Yousafzai on Wednesday said that the government was committed to compensating the residents of tribal areas who suffered immensely during the war against terrorism but that no one would be allowed to take the law into their own hands and undo security forces’ gains against terrorism

He was addressing a press conference in Peshawar regarding Sunday’s deadly clash between Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) workers and Army troops near a military check post in North Waziristan tribal district.

Yousafzai said a “specific segment” desired that the armed forces vacate the tribal areas but that the troops are needed in the area to maintain peace that can support the government’s rehabilitation efforts.