LANDI KOTAL: A passenger was critically wounded when an employee of the Frontier Works Organisation opened fire on a cab after it did not stop despite signal on Wednesday.

Khasadar officials said that the FWO employee, Salim Younas, opened fire on the cab, as repair of the road near Landi Kotal bazaar was in progress. The firing resulted in the injury to a passenger, Gulistan Mohmand, sitting on the front seat. He was taken to Peshawar in critical condition.

Taxi drivers have condemned the incident and demanded the arrest of FWO employee who fled after the incident. The cab driver said that his vehicle was fired upon without any provocation.

The residents also lamented the rude behaviour of FWO officials and employees and alleged that the incident was the third of its type when FWO employees misbehaved and scuffled with the local residents or transporters on a petty issue. They said that an FWO road dumper had damaged five vehicles during the expansion of Torkham road a week ago, but the FWO officials refused to compensate the owners of the affected vehicles.

Meanwhile, the Khyber Agency administration gave Rs1,000 each to 475 orphan students of the government schools in Landi Kotal on Wednesday.

Published in Dawn, July 2nd, 2015

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