CHARSADDA: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial chief Professor Ibrahim Khan on Thursday claimed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and the Pakistan Awami Tehreek had marched on Islamabad against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led federal government at the behest of a ‘hidden hand’.

“It’s a planned drama. Imran Khan (of PTI) and Tahirul Qadri (of PAT) are proceeding in line with the script written by a hidden hand,” he told a meeting of party office-bearers and workers here.

Professor Ibrahim said his was a religio-political party, which was striving to enforce Islamic laws in the country.

He said his party always stood for the people’s rights and would continue serving the people.

The JI leader said Charsadda was a stronghold of his party like other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

JI provincial general secretary Shabbir Ahmad Khan, district chief Misbahullah, former MPA Arshad Khan, Javed Khan and Mohammad Riaz Khan were also present on the occasion.

BID FOILED: Employees of the Charsadda Paper Mills on Thursday foiled a bid of the mills administration to shift machinery to Punjab.

The employees intercepted three trucks loaded with heavy machinery and handed them over to the Prang police.

They demanded the district administration to ban transportation of mills machinery to Punjab.

The employees also staged a protest outside the main gate of the mills and condemned the shifting of the machinery to Punjab.

Labour union leader Faiq Hussain Lala, Engineer Zaman, Saeed Khan and Abdul Majeed spoke to protesters and vowed to protect their rights.

Published in Dawn, August 22nd, 2014