LAHORE: Maulana Mufti Mahmud Chief Minister of NWFP has said that the law and order situation in NWFP is normal throughout the province, although some elements tried to create disruption.

Talking to newsmen ... today [Sept 2], he said the NWFP Government had arrested thirteen `so-called` labour and peasant leaders who tried to take the law in their own hands. The Chief Minister said he had a talk with the leaders of the Mazdoor Kisan Party and requested them not to exploit the poor people, but they refused to listen ... and there was no alternative left ... but to arrest them. These leaders would be kept behind bars till they promised to `change their attitude`, he said. News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies in Peshawar,] A public meeting addressed by Mr Meraj Mohammad Khan, Minister of State for Public Affairs, was fired upon, in village Thana of the Malakand Agency today [Sept 2]... . The shots, which came allegedly from the nearby houses, did not hit anyone. Fire was also returned by some people from the audience. The meeting was also addressed by a Mr Tariq Aziz, a PPP leader. ... The situation was, however, normalised with the intervention of the [Levies]... .