Extortions bleed Pakistan’s terror-stalked northwest – Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Surging terror and extortions have endangered public safety in Pakistan's restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where militants in several districts run a parallel shadow administration. The southern districts of the province have almost become no-go areas even for law-enforcers. In the evening, militants are seen patrolling streets and setting up checkpoints in Bannu, North and South Waziristan, Tank, Lakki Marwat, and Dera Ismail Khan.While these districts remain at mercy of militants from evening to morning, well-off people in other districts of the province frequently receive threatening WhatsApp texts and letters from Pakistani Taliban - or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - with demands to pay or face attacks. The ones who refuse to pay ransom are often targete...