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Bomb kills ANP leader in Lower Dir

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Bombers assassinated Awami National Party (ANP) leader Sher Khan on Tuesday, blowing up his vehicle in a district bordering the once Taliban-infested Swat valley. A makeshift bomb exploded near the vehicle of Sher Khan, head of the ANP in Lower Dir where a sweeping army offensive two years ago appeared…

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Flood-hit farmers get compensation in Lower Dir

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government has started giving compensation to flood hit farmers and growers of Lower Dir district whose crops and animals were destroyed in last years devastating floods. The flood hit farmers of Thesils Khaal, Balambut and Timergara were given Rs2400 per acre. The amount was distributed during a function held at the [...]

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Quake measuring 4.1 jolts KP, tribal region

KARACHI: An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 jolted different area of Pakistan on Monday morning but there were no immediate reports of casualties, DawnNews reported.

Tremors were felt in Chitral, Swat, Mansehra, Malakand, Nowshera and parts of Lower Dir.

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19 troops killed in Dir attack

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PESHAWAR (Agencies) – Nineteen members of paramilitary forces were killed in Taliban attacks on a checkpost near the Afghan border, security officials said Friday.
Officials told the BBC that Afghan militants had crossed the border and stormed the army post in the Lower Dir area. Local sources said the attack…

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Militants attack check post, kill 14 security personnel in Dir

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At least 14 security Personnel were killed and seven others injured Friday morning when at least 300 militants attacked a check post close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in district Lower Dir.
The incident took place in the remote area of Jandool in Lower Dir district when at least 300 militants…

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Two injured in Dir check post attack, school blown up

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At least two security personnel were injured in a militants’ attack at a check post in Lower Dir on Thursday.
According to the reports, the militants opened fire on a check post in Maskani area near Pak-Afghan border early on Thursday morning, injuring two security personnel. The security personnel returned…

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House looted

SWABI, April 4: Unidentified dacoits broke into the house of a man employed overseas early on Monday and took away cash and ornaments. The incident occurred at Sugandi village of Maini union council.

The house owner Obaidur Rehman said one of the robbers took the inmates at gunpoint in a separate room while others searched the house and decamped with Rs100,000 cash, 2,500 Saudi Riyals, 30 tola gold ornaments and two mobile sets. He said no male member was present at the house at time of robbery. — Correspondent

Kidnapped tribesmen

PARACHINAR, April 4: Kurram Agency political agent Musadaq Shah on Monday assured elders of Turi and Bangash tribes that the kidnapped tribesmen would be recovered within next few days.

A jirga comprising relatives of the forty missing persons and elders of Turi and Bangash tribes met here with the political agent. The PA hinted at progress in the recovery efforts of the kidnapped persons. He also lauded the cooperation of tribal elders in handling this sensitive issue.

Elders of Turi tribe said they had always respected and abided by the peace agreements. But, they said, the rivals had attacked the convoy of passengers in Baggun killing several people and kidnapping 40 others. They said the kidnapped people were still in the custody of the militants. The urged the government to take solid measures to recover the kidnapped people including children.—Correspondent

Dir blast condemned

PESHAWAR, April 4: Governor Barrister Masood Kausar on Monday condemned the bomb blast in Lower Dir and expressed deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives. He described it a cowardly act of terrorism.

In a condolence message, the governor while expressing sympathies with members of the bereaved families, said elements involved would be brought to justice.

He appealed to the people to maintain unity and cooperate with the law-enforcement agencies.

He said such attacks had further strengthened the resolve of the people and the government against such elements.

He also prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls and courage to the bereaved families to bear the irreparable loss with patience. The governor also wished early recovery of the injured.—Bureau Report

Snowfall in Abbottabad

ABBOTTABAD, April 4: Thanidyani, Nathiagali, Ayubia and other hilly areas of Abbottabad received snowfall on Sunday night, while Abbottabad-Murree road was closed for traffic from Kala Bagh onward due to slippery conditions.

Four to six inches of snow was recorded in plains while hilly areas received at least one foot snow.

Locals said the snowfall continued to lash the area for the last two days with intervals, which they added, was an exception in the month of April. The snowfall dipped the temperature below freezing point in Galyat.—Correspondent

Murder case resolved

PESHAWAR, April 4: Police have resolved the mystery about death of a youth, Rasheed of Hayatabad phase-III, and arrested his two brother in-laws in the case.

Speaking at a press conference on Monday Cantonment Circle SP Shafiullah Khan said Rasheed had disappeared on Nov 11 last year and police had registered a kidnapping case on complaint of his relative Said Waris on Dec 28.

Using data from the victim’s cell phone the police arrested a woman Naureen of Pabbi, also the victim’s relative, whose disclosure led to arrest of Sajid and Haider, sons of Abdul Ghani and Usman, son of Abdul Lateef. The arrested men confessed kidnapping Rashed and later killing him by hitting his head with a wooden pot as he used to quarrel with his wife (sister of the accused).—Bureau Report

Four workers injured

PESHAWAR, April 4: Four labourers working in an under-construction building at Hayatabad Industrial Estate sustained injuries after falling from the shuttering on Monday. The injured were identified as Asad (20), Ubaid Ullah (25), Ayub (22) and Amber (22).

An official of the Rescue 1122 said they had been shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital where their condition was out of danger. — Bureau Report

Tackling crime

KOHAT, April 4: The Kohat DPO Mubarik Zeb has asked officials to devise an affective strategy for tackling crimes and terrorism.He was addressing the monthly review meeting on law and order on Monday. Meanwhile, the bomb disposal squad defused a mortar found in the sewer pipe of the Women and Children Hospital on Monday. The mortar weighed 75mm.

Meanwhile, a policeman and his friend received burn injuries in an explosion caused by gas leak in his house in Jungle Khel. The house was also partially damaged. The constable Tanveer and his friend were taken to KDA hospital.

A mentally sick Mohammad Zahoor was drowned after falling into a well in Jabbi area. He was pulled out by volunteers. — Correspondent

E-filing of goods declaration

PESHAWAR, April 4: Frontier Customs Agents Group and All Torkham Customs Clearing Agents Association have expressed conditional consent to the order of Collectorate Customs Peshawar regarding e-filing of goods declaration at Torkham with uninterrupted power supply, DSL and other basic facilities.

These views were expressed by Customs Clearing and Forwarding Group delegation led by Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, which called on Collector Customs Peshawar Younas Khan on Monday. Chairman Frontier Customs Agents Group Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi apprised the collector customs that customs clearing and forwarding agents were ready for e-filing of every sort of shipment if these facilities were provided to them at Torkham. The delegation said due to non-availability of these facilities it was almost impossible for them to e-file goods declaration.

Younas Khan said government would soon construct a well-equipped customs port at Torkham to facilitate the clearing agents.—APP

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8 killed in Lower Dir suicide blast

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A teenage suicide bomber killed a Pakistani anti-Taliban militia leader and seven other people on Monday. The bomber killed his apparent target as he sipped tea with relatives at a car showroom near a bus terminal in the small town of Jandol in the district of Lower Dir.
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Suicide bomber kills eight in Lower Dir

Local residents look at the wreckage of a vehicle of a suicide bomb attack site in the small town of Jandol in the district of Lower Dir on April 4, 2011. – AFP

KHAR: A teenage suicide bomber killed a Pakistani anti-Taliban militia leader and seven other people on Monday, in the sixth bomb attack in as many days to hit the nuclear-armed country.

The bomber killed his apparent target as he sipped tea with relatives at a car showroom near a bus terminal in the small town of Jandol in the district of Lower Dir, 200 kilometres from the capital Islamabad.

Pakistani troops fought what was widely considered a relatively successful offensive to expel the Taliban from the area nearly two years ago, but Monday’s attack underscored the precarious state of security in the northwest.

Police said the bomber exploded himself on foot at a bus terminal close to the car showroom, where three people were among the dead and several vehicles were also damaged. The overall death toll had risen to eight by mid-afternoon.

“We have found the head of the bomber. He appears to be a teenager, a 15 to 16-year-old boy,” said Dir district police chief Saleem Marwat.

“The death toll is eight as one more person died of his injuries,” Doctor Mohammad Karim told AFP by telephone from the district hospital in Timargarah, the main town in Dir and about 28 kilometres southwest of the blast site.

Police said the target of the suicide attack was Mohammad Akbar, head of a lashkar, or tribal militia, set up by the government to fight Taliban militants.

Akbar, 55, had survived previous attempts on his life, but was in the show room run by his family members when the bomber hit.

“Malik Akbar died in the blast,” Qazi Jamil ur-Rehman, the regional deputy inspector general of police said.

“Apparently he was the target,” he added.

Residents said local authorities declared a curfew and that the emergency response had been sluggish in the remote town.

“I was in a shop a few blocks away,” Mohammad Irshad, a 30-year-old labourer, told AFP.

“I saw a young boy entering the car showroom where tribal elder Malik Akbar was having tea with his relatives. Soon there was a huge blast.

“The boy disappeared in the smoke that filled the area. His body parts were later seen littered near the show room,” he said.

Local resident Israr Uddin said it took time for ambulances to arrive from nearby towns, so people used private cars to rush the wounded to Timargarah.

More than 4,200 people have been killed across Pakistan in attacks blamed on Taliban and other extremist networks.

Monday’s bombing was the sixth in six days. On Sunday, two suicide bombers killed 49 people, unleashing carnage at a Sufi shrine in the central province of Punjab where hundreds had gathered for a religious ceremony.

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At least 5 killed, 8 injured in bus stand explosion in Lower Dir

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Five people including leader of Aman Laskar were killed and eight injured in an explosion blast at bus stand in Jandol Munda on Monday morning.
According to media reports, Law enforcement agencies still were not able to ascertain so far whether it was remote control or suicide attack.
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Blast in Lower Dir; three killed

PESHAWAR: At least three people were killed in an explosion in northwestern Pakistan’s Lower Dir area on Monday, DawnNews reported.

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Protest campaign

PESHAWAR, March 15: All Government Employees Confederation has criticised the government for its failure to accept the workers’ demands and announced a schedule for holding protest meetings in parts of the province and Islamabad.

The schedule was finalised at a meeting held at the Civil Secretariat here on Tuesday with its provincial chairman Iftikhar Ahmed Shamozai in the chair.

It was decided that protest campaign would start from April 5 during which public meetings and demonstrations would be arranged at all the district headquarters.

From April 18, hunger strike camps would be organised across the country. A public meeting will be held in Peshawar on May 17 and a sit-in will be staged outside the Chief Minister House. —Bureau Report

Sports week at UET

PESHAWAR, March 15: The annual sports week kicked off at the University of Engineering and Technology at a festive and lively ceremony here on Tuesday.

The sports week features ten departments of the engineering university competing in cricket, football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, table tennis, lawn tennis and athletics, says a press release.

Vice-Chancellor Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani was the chief guest on the occasion. The students from all departments entered the venue dressed in their departmental colours and carrying flags and mottos of their respective departments. Director Sports Muhammad Ali, in his welcome address, highlighted the value and importance of sports in complementing the academics of students in a positive way. — Bureau Report

University representative

MARDAN, March 15: The provincial government has nominated Prof Dr Ihsan Ali, vice-chancellor of Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKUM), as its representative to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for a period of four years.

University sources told this correspondent here on Tuesday that Prof Dr Ihsan Ali would represent all universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the HEC.

They said that Dr Ali had served on various positions including director archaeology Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and vice-chancellor of Hazara University.

His nomination has been applauded by the educationists, academicians, faculties of various universities, political and social communities. —Correspondent

PSF seeks release of leader

PESHAWAR, March 15: Activists of Peoples Students Federation (PSF) held a protest demonstration at Sher Shah Suri Road here on Tuesday against the arrest of their divisional president Saad Qaqas and demanded his early release.

The protesters set tyres on fire, blocked the road and shouted slogans against Tehkal police and termed the arrest as illegal.

The demonstrators were led by PSF information secretary Fahim Khattak, divisional general secretary Nadir Khan and Peshawar district president Talib Jan.

Talking to media persons, they said that police had arrested their leader for the only fault that he had raised voice against the groupings and asked organisers of another group to avoid splits in the party. —Bureau Report

Rickshaw drivers hold demo

PESHAWAR, March 15: Drivers of motorcycle rickshaws on Tuesday held a protest demonstration near the Cantonment Railways Station against police for beating a driver and demanded of the IGP to take action against those responsible.

The protesters blocked the main road and shouted slogans against the concerned personnel of police squad. They said that the driver, Kafayatullah, was riding his rickshaw near Stadium Chowk when the police personnel intercepted him and started beating him without any reason.They demanded of the police high-ups to provide him justice and take action against the concerned police officials. — Bureau Report

Assistance for flood survivors

PESHAWAR, March 15: Provincial Health Minister Syed Zahir Ali Shah has said that militancy and floods had badly affected lives of the people in the province but the government is determined to continue supporting them.

He also appreciated the non-governmental organisations and philanthropists for extending cooperation to the needy people and asked the well-off people to help the widows, orphans and destitute in the hour of need.

The minister expressed these views as chief guest at distribution of assistance among poor families at Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday. The function was arranged by an NGO ‘Helping Hand for Relief and Development’.

The office-bearers of the NGO also spoke on the occasion and said that some 50 boxes were distributed among the needy people. —Bureau Report

Under-construction colleges

PESHAWAR, March 15: Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has directed the concerned officials to expedite the pace of work on the under-construction government colleges in order to start the classes forthwith.

He said that government wanted the people to take benefit from the facilities provided to them in their respective localities. He was chairing a meeting on higher education here on Tuesday.

Mr Hoti said that provision of higher education to the youth was prior responsibility of the government, adding that education could only ensure prosperous future of the nation. He directed officials of Works and Services Department for making arrangements for handing over the furnished colleges to higher education department so that teaching process and educational activities could be started soon. —Bureau Report

Liquor seized

HARIPUR, March 15: The police on Tuesday claimed to have seized a large quantity of homemade liquor and arrested two bootleggers.

Hattar police on an intelligence report raided the house of alleged drug sellers Akhtar Khan of village Shadi and recovered 106 bottles of liquor. In another raid, the Khanpur police arrested Siddique Khan of village Nainsukh Khanpur and recovered 10 bottles of liquor from his possession. —Correspondent

Staff, lab equipment demanded

TIMERGARA, March 15: Parents of students of Adenzai tehsil in Lower Dir have demanded of the government to provide science laboratory equipment and staff to government college, Gulabad.

Talking to local journalists at Chakdara here on Tuesday, they said that the college was set up in 1996 and was upgraded to degree level in 2003 but still it had only 18 lecturers.

The residents said that the degree college was occupied by Taliban in May 2009 when they took control of some areas in Adenzai. “In June 2009, army helicopters and security forces bombed the college several times,” they said, adding that walls, windows and furniture were damaged in fierce shelling. —Correspondent

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Woman dies in roof collapse

KHAR, March 6: One woman was killed and three others wounded when a house collapsed in Nawi Kali area of Bajaur Agency on Sunday.

Local people said that the mud house caved in due to heavy rainfall in the area. Residents rescued three persons including a female from the debris while the wife of Bostan Khan succumbed to injuries. The injured people were shifted to the agency headquarters hospital in Khar.
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Disable persons

BUNER, March 6: The Buner Special Persons Development Organisation (BSPDO), in its monthly review meeting held here on Sunday, expressed regret over the apathy of the line departments and NGOs for paying no head to rehabilitation of 2,700 disable persons registered with the organisation.

The participants expressed dismay over the apathy of the district high ups and social welfare organisations like ICRC Handicap International for doing nothing for well-being of the disabled persons.

Briefing media persons after the meeting the BSPDO members said they visited the offices of government officials and NGOs time and again to urge them to take practical steps for rehabilitation of the handicapped persons, but to no effect. —Correspondent

Security tightened in Gilgit

GILGIT, March 6: Security was tightened in capital town, Gilgit, which has witnessed target killings of late, administration officials said.

The official sources said a meeting under the chair of district magistrate held on Sunday directed police to keep a strict watch in the city to avoid any untoward incident in future.

The sources said more than 300 police personnel have been called out in Gilgit and were assigned duties at various points of the town.

The sources said the home department has canceled all permits of weapons and instructed district administration to take stern action against exhibition of arms.

The sources said executive engineer of water and power department has been directed to ensure uninterrupted power supply to sensitive parts of the city. —Correspondent

Family seeks justice

TIMERGARA, March 6: An aggrieved family of Chikho village in Adenzai tehsil on Sunday demanded of the government to bring to book two men who had been staying in Saudi Arabia after killing members of their family.

Talking to media persons Muhabat Khan, Zahid Khan and Israr Ahmad, sons of the deceased Muhtaram Khan, claimed that their rivals had killed their 22-year-old brother Javid in 1999.

They said the accused Amir Alam, Mian Adam, Saeed Anwar, Muslim Khan, Daulat Khan and Abdul Jabbar also shot dead their brother Pervez and injured father Muhtaram in 2000. They said again in 2006 the accused attacked their house and killed their father Muhtaram and cousin Nasib Zada.

Four of the accused had been arrested by Lower Dir police on Friday from a house in Hassanabdal Punjab, they said, adding, the remaining two accused had settled in Saudi Arabia and were threatening the family with dire consequences. —Correspondent

Student missing

KARAK, March 6: A student of 10th grade has been missing for the last two days and the relatives fear that he might have been kidnapped.

They have registered FIR with the Karak police station. Police said on Sunday Fahimullah, resident of Pashikhel, who was the student of 10th class in a private school, after returning from school went to mosque for evening prayer but could not return till late night.

Meanwhile, the cabinet of the PPP union council, Chokara chapter, tendered their resignations from the basic membership of the party and formally joined the PML-N. They alleged the party provincial leadership had no interest in the affairs of the party.

The cabinet members led by union council president Mushtaq Ahmad tendered their resignations in a press conference on Sunday and also announced to join the PML-N. The party union council president alleged that the workers had been ignored in the developmental projects.
He alleged the workers have no say in the affairs of the party and decision making regarding the development of the district. —Correspondent

Pak-Turkey relations

PESHAWAR, March 6: Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti said on Sunday that Pak-Turkey relations became stronger with the passage of time.

He said people and governments of both the countries have assisted each other in testing times. The people and government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa highly revered this spirit of Turkey, he added.

He was talking to Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Babur Hizlan. Senior Provincial Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour was also present.

Matters pertaining to mutual interest, rehabilitation of flood affected people, reconstruction of infrastructure and other issues came under discussion.—Bureau Report

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Polio drive starts today Focus on refusal cases, hard areas

PESHAWAR, March 6: As the three-day national immunisation campaign begins today (Monday), the health department is facing a daunting task of reaching the inaccessible children below five years to save them from falling victim to poliomyelitis, a childhood ailment that causes permanent disability.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Area (Fata) have so far recorded 10 cases of the total 13 in the country this year. Of the confirmed cases, only one child has received 12 doses of the oral polio vaccine (OPV), nine children received between one to five doses and two missed all the doses.

“We are trying to reach the inaccessible children. We cannot afford dragging feet on elimination of polio anymore. This year, the political commitment will prove a landmark in our campaign,” said Dr Janbaz Afridi, deputy director of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Provincial Governor Masood Kausar will inaugurate the campaign at the Governor`s House today at 10am. During the three-day campaign five million children will be immunised against polio in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the help of 9,500 teams and 13,500 lady health workers. The LHWs have been tasked to administer polio drops to children in their respective areas.

The EPI official said that the vaccinators would also cover Afghan refugee children and 1.1 million children in the Fata. He said that all resources would be used to ensure that all children got immunised.

“About 1,800 supervisors will monitor the work of field workers while 179 campaign support persons will supervise the teams,” Dr Afridi said. Besides, 1,550 teams will be available at fixed sites and 600 teams at busy places such bus stands, hospitals` outpatients departments, toll plazas and other points to also cover children moving with their parents.

He said that the EPI had entered into a partnership with the National Research and Development Foundation (NRDF) to cope with the problem of inaccessibility and refusal cases.

“We have also obtained decrees (fitwas) from religious scholars in the tribal area and KP. About 1,700 local prayer leaders and religious scholars are actively supporting the campaign,” said Tahseenullah Khan, the NRDF coordinator.

He said that they had enlisted the support of 1,870 ulema due to which 3,480 refusals cases had been covered.

“We are telling the people that vaccination is the only way of protecting our children. Children cannot speak for themselves and it is the duty of the ulema to help put brakes on the major child health problem,” Maulana Dr Sher Ali Shah of Darul Uloom Akora Khattak told this correspondent.

The Unicef`s Dr Abdul Jamil said that all the children should be vaccinated in every campaign till they reached the age of five. He said that the Unicef, WHO and the government would likely divert the funds to other child health diseases once polio was eradicated.

Dr Imtiaz Ali Shah of the Health Sector Reforms Unit said that all administrative bottlenecks were being removed to ensure that the vaccinators reached the target population. “Like China we can also eliminate polio in two campaigns and we will adopt all measures to ensure that no child is left out of vaccination,” he said.

According to reports, all the arrangements have been finalised for the three-day anti-polio campaign in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

In Lower Dir over 200,000 children below five would be immunised against the crippling disease. The local polio eradication committee representative Waqar Khan told media persons on Sunday that that about 230 families in the Lower Dir district had been refusing anti-polio vaccines in the past.

He said that 517 health workers teams and seven community support persons` teams had been formed to make the campaign a success. He said that transit teams had also been formed for Chakdara and Munda entry points of the district.

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Two brothers killed in roof collapse

TIMERGARA, Feb 24: Two brothers were killed and two others of the same family were injured when roof of a room they were sleeping in collapsed due to heavy rains on Wednesday night. The incident occurred in Rani area of Lower Dir, residents and police told .

Sources said a wooden beam of one of the rooms of Rozi Khan`s house broke causing the roof to collapse.

Two of Rozi Khan`s sons identified as Zahid, 22, and Hidayat, 16, were killed on the spot while their brothers Farman and Imran were injured.

The injured were rescued by locals and were taken to the DHQ hospital Timergara from where Farman was referred to Peshawar in critical condition.

LABOUR ROOM: The International Rescue Committee (IRC), an NGO, has reconstructed and equipped with modern facilities the labour room of the tehsil headquarters hospital Lal Qilla, Maidan.

This was stated by the executive district officer health Dr Shaukat Ali while talking to journalists on Thursday. He said that militancy and then displacement of the Maidan residents had badly affected work at the hospital.

“The IRC provided equipments worth Rs80 million to the labour room of the hospital,” he said, adding that an inaugural ceremony in that regard was held the other day.

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Consumer rights project launched

TIMERGARA, Feb 4: With the financial assistance of Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, a non-profit organisation has launched a project here in Lower Dir to raise awareness of the consumer rights in different sectors.

Talking to this correspondent, a coordinator of the Association for Behaviour and Knowledge Transformation (ABKT) Akbar Jan said the consumer rights project had been launched for 15 union councils of Lower Dir and awareness sessions would be conducted in 10 villages of each union council.

He said that producers, industrialists, traders and sales agents systematically got their due rights while consumers were exploited everywhere in the country. He said that so far awareness sessions had been conducted in some villages of Talash.
Mr Jan said that the local lawyers had been consulted for providing assistance to consumers.

During a session held at Soghalay, Talash, on Friday people complained that traders had been fleecing them in routine. They said
that they had no information about consumers’ rights and the relevant laws. A legal expert briefed the session about specific rights of consumers while buying commodities.

He said that consumers had the right to get access to basic needs of their life. He said that consumers were being neglected by quarters concerned during price fixation. He said that there were complaint cells at police stations and other government departments, but consumers were reluctant to lodge their complaints.

“The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan will also provide free legal aid to consumers concerning violation of their rights,” he said.

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ANP leader`s guard killed

TIMERGARA: A guard of ANP leader Senator Zahid Khan was killed and his brother injured when some people attacked his hujra (guest house) in Odigram, Lower Dir district, on Tuesday evening. Police said gunmen stormed the hujra and opened fire …

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