DIR:

Fateha for the slain deputy chief of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mufti Hazrat Deroji, also known as Qari Amjad, continued for a second consecutive day on Saturday at the main mosque of Mayar Jandool. Large number of relatives, local residents, and friends from surrounding villages participated in the prayers.

According to family sources, the condolence gatherings will continue for three days in line with local customs and traditions. Qari Amjad, whose real name was Amjad Ali, was killed along with three associates in an intelligence-based operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Bajaur on the night between Wednesday and Thursday.

Military authorities handed over his body to the family on Thursday. The following morning, his remains were transported to hi

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