KP govt distances itself from action against PTM

PESHAWAR: The police’s raid on a Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement camp in Khyber tribal district has triggered a controversy, with both the provincial and federal governments holding each other responsible for it.

The Khyber police set fire to a PTM camp, established for holding the Oct 11 jirga Awami Adalat, during multiple raids on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The PTM activists insisted that the camp was raided by Peshawar and Khyber police’s officials, who uprooted tents and took away goods...