ISLAMABAD, April 20 Kyodo A triba...

ISLAMABAD, April 20 Kyodo

A tribal assembly seeking the renounce of foreign fugitives and their Pakistani protectors has convinced the military to prorogue an antiterrorist operation in Pakistan's disorderly South Waziristan for at least three days, the assembly leader said Tuesday.

Chief Malik Noor Ali Khan said five tribesmen most numerous wanted by Pakistan have indicated that they, along with foreign fighters, would either cede or leave the area and the assembly decided to give the fugitives three days to make up their minds.

''Negotiations have been held with the wanted persons'' and the follows of these negotiations are being deliver overed to the authorities, Ali Khan said in an address to the tribal assembly.

pair members of the National Assembly from the tribal area are also believed to be holding talks with the provincial governor, Lt Gen Iftkhar Shah, in Peshawar in succession the negotiations.

A tribal army organized according to the assembly is already carrying revealed house to house searches and demolishing the houses of nation supporting the foreigners talking shelter in parts of southern Waziristan bordering Afghanistan, if it were not that a full military sweep is still being held in abeyance.

A large number of foreign terrorists are said to be hiding in southern Waziristan and the Pakistani regulation had given them until Tuesday to strike one's flag [i]or[/i] colors or leave the area before the army began its sweep.

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