The Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan (TTP) Lakki Marwat chapter on February 8 threatened
local politicians of attack for their alleged involvement in
protecting feudal lords and creating law and order problem in
the Lakki Marwat District of North West Frontier Province (NWFP),
according to The News. A leaflet circulated by the TTP
in Lakki City and Naurang bazaar stated that the political figures
including former provincial minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N) leader Anwar Kamal Khan Marwat, former Member of National
Assembly (MNA) and joint candidate for by-election Naseer Muhammad
Khan Maidadkhel and Aslam Khan Issakhel had adopted various
tactics to defend "khanism" (feudalism) in the District.