A Pakistani lawmaker who escaped a deadly clash between the military and activis...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A Pakistani lawmaker who escaped a deadly clash between the military and activists over the weekend was arrested on Thursday after surrendering to authorities, according to an elder in his constituency that borders Afghanistan.
The military said three people were killed in the violence, but the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement , which was co-founded by Dawar and campaigns for civil rights for ethnic minority Pashtun people, said troops killed 13 civilians. The military has accused the PTM of being funded by foreign intelligence agencies - a veiled reference to arch-foe India and its Afghan allies - to stoke unrest in Pakistan’s Pashtun lands after the Pakistani army defeated Islamist militants there.Dawar, who went into hiding after the clash, surrendered to authorities after talks between the government and a traditional council of Pashtun elders, according to one of the elders involved.
Ali Wazir, the other lawmaker from the Waziristan region, was arrested at the time of the incident, in which the military said five soldiers were wounded.
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