Leader of the Pakhtoon peace committee Amir Nawab Khan (C), Niazbut Khan and father of an alleged kidnapped girl, Jabbar Afridi hold a news conference February 20. Leaders of the Pakhtoon ethnic group on Friday threatened to call a countrywide strike if the girl belonging to its community was not recovered. Niazbut Khan stated that the girl, Riffat Afridi, is his wife and that Maulana Suleman (back) performed the religious wedding rituals.

PAKISTAN STRIKE