Three die on road

KARAK, Nov 19: Three persons of a family were killed and eight others seriously injured in road incidents in Karak during Eid days.

Police and hospital sources said on Friday in the first incident three motorbike riders going to Chountra collided with a car coming from the opposite direction on Indus Highway near Tableeghi Markaz.

Two of them died on the spot while another suffered injuries.

He was shifted to DHQ hospital, where doctors referred him to Peshawar. However, he died on the way. The victims were identified as Basirullah, Nabeel and Rauf.

In the second incident, five persons were seriously wounded when two motorcycles collided head-on in Latamber area. The injured including Najeeb, Daraz, Ayub, Asad and Raham Nawaz, were taken to nearby hospital.

Later, they were shifted to DHQ hospital. In another accident, three persons were injured when a car overturned in Sicot area due to speeding.

The injured were taken to the DHQ hospital from where two of them were referred to Peshawar. —Correspondent

Four ‘drug peddlers’ held

HARIPUR, Nov 19: Haripur police claimed to have arrested four alleged narcotics dealers including three brothers and recovered narcotics and equipments used for distillation of liquor here on Eid night.

The accused were arrested on the same charges several times earlier, police said.

City police said on a tip-off a police party headed by SHO Sardar Jehangir raided the house of Masood alias Setha Musali in Pandak and recovered 5.5kg of charas and during search of another house in the neighbourhood that was reportedly under the use of accused, recovered 167 bottles of liquor.

The police also seized a distillery and booked Masood, Mehmood, Yunas and their servant Wahid. —Correspondent

Passer-by killed as rivals clash

SWABI, Nov 19: A passerby was killed when a bullet hit him during a clash between two rival groups in Dagai area on Friday, police said.

The victim was identified as Ameer Mohammad who was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition where doctors pronounced him dead.

The rival groups were led by Fazal Amin and Afsar Mohammad, who resorted to firing over a petty issue.

Meanwhile, a worker at one of the units of Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate, who was seriously injured in a road accident, died in hospital on Friday. —Correspondent

Sale points for sugar

ABBOTTABAD, Nov 19: Commissioner Hazara Sahibzada Mohammad Anees has directed all DCOs of Hazara Division to establish sale points for sugar and ensure smooth availability of the commodity in the market.

This he said while presiding over a meeting here on Friday. The meeting was attended by the DCOs of Hazara Division.

It was told that arrangements had been made for lifting of sugar provided by the Trading Corporation of Pakistan and as supply had started from Karachi after the Eid holidays, the commodity would be available at selected points notified by the DCOs and respective district food controllers of each district.

It was also informed that traders were reluctant to lift the sugar imported by the TCP due to its low quality. The progress of distribution of Watan Cards was also reviewed and the commissioner directed to establish complaint cells in every district to monitor the situation. —Correspondent

Flood victims’ registration

KOHAT, Nov 19: MNA Pir Dilawar Shah has accused staff of the revenue department of nepotism while preparing list of the flood affected people.

He requested the chief minister to take notice of the anomalies and issue fresh date for new registration. He also asked DCO Shahidullah Khan to intervene and resolve the issue so that the deserving people can be compensated.

Former chief justice of Peshawar High Court and leader of PPP Ibne Ali has also expressed similar concerns about the BISP forms and pointed out that genuine people were not being registered by the staff.

In separate statements they said patwaris in the revenue department had submitted bogus names to provide undue benefit to their relatives while the data being collected under BISP was not based on facts.

On the other hand, some influential people are selling both the original and photo copies of BISP forms and fleecing the destitute people. —Correspondent

Sacrificial animals

SWABI, Nov 19: A charity organisation sacrificed animals worth Rs2 million for the poor families and flood affected people on the occasion of Eidul Azha.

This was stated by Saeed Zada, district amir of Jamiat-i-Islami and patron-in-chief of Al-Khidmat Foundation while briefing media about the sacrificial animals here on Friday.

He said they had spent the entire Eid day with the flood affected people.

He said the foundation teams visited various areas and identified the regions where people could not make arrangements of the sacrificial animals.

Mr Zada said they also arranged sacrificial animals for the prisoners of the Swabi judicial lock-up. About 350 prisoners of the jail got the meat and enjoyed the occasion, he added.—Correspondent

Meat distributed

MANSEHRA, Nov 19: Religious parties and NGOs distributed sacrificial meat among thousands of flood-stricken families in upper parts of Hazara.

The Al-Khidmat Foundation, Helping Hand for Relief and Rehabilitation, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and Jamaat-i-Islami, sacrificed hundreds of animals in Mansehra, Battagram and Kohistan and distributed meat among the flood affected families.

The distribution of sacrificial meat was launched following the October 2005 earthquake in the affected areas and now the tradition is being followed for the flood affected families. —Correspondent