MANSEHRA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party has notified its office-bearers in Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar and Kohistan districts, as the party started nominations of office-bearers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A team of party’s provincial leadership, led by its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa secretary general Hamayun Khan, had recently visited Hazara division and consulted with party workers for selection of district office-bearers. After holding consultations with workers he had submitted a report to provincial PPP president Khanzada Khan who issued the notification of newly-selected office-bearers.

According to the notification, Malik Mohammad Farooq was selected as district president and Mohammad Fareed general secretary of Mansehra district; Saifullah Khan president and Zarbaland Khan secretary general of Kohistan district; Javed Khan president and Shad Mohammad Khan secretary general of Battagram district; and Noor Feroz president and Laiq Shah secretary general of Torghar district.

“I am thankful to the workers and leadership who selected me as district president of the party,” Mr Farooq said while speaking to mediapersons on Saturday. He said that the new presidents would soon complete the respective bodies with consensus so that the party could be reorganised at grassroots in Hazara. He said that after the current political developments in the country in the wake of Azadi March the PPP leadership changed its policy of intra-party elections and allowed nominations of office-bearers.

Mr Farooq said that the party workers of respective districts were taken into confidence before notification of the new office-bearers.

Alleged outlawed killed

Mansehra police killed an alleged outlaw wanted to police in several criminal cases after an exchange of fire at Jail Road on Saturday.

A sub-inspector and policeman were also injured in the fire exchange.

“An outlaw wanted to police in over 100 criminal cases in Abbottabad, Haripur and Mansehra was killed and two policemen received bullet injuries when the former opened fire on police at Jail Road,” said DSP Zulfiqar Khan Jadoon while speaking to mediapersons.

He identified the alleged outlaw as Mohammad Saleem and said that he had also deprived a trader of Rs100,000 in a dacoity at Zafar Road the other day. He said that over 100 cases were registered against Saleem in Mansehra, Abbottabad and Haripur police stations.

He said that a group of outlaws opened fire on the police party at Jail Road and as a result SI Ihtesham and policeman Tayyab were injured. He said during the encounter the outlaw was killed while his two accomplices were injured.

The city police registered an FIR and have started investigation.

Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2014