TIMERGARA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Muzafar Said has expressed reservations over the attitude of federal government about western route China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Talking to different delegations from Swat, Dir Lower, Dir Upper and Chitral at his residence in Talash here on Sunday, he said that provincial government would directly contact the government of China if prime minister failed to remove its grievances about CPEC.

The minister said that central government was creating doubts about western route of CPEC. He said that prime minister was least bothered to convene a meeting of a committee, headed by him, to ensure work on the project and remove grievances of provinces.

Muzafar Said says PM should remove reservations of province to avoid confrontation

The minister said that a parliamentary committee of Jamaat-i-Islami would meet party’s chief Sirajul Haq, KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and federal ministers to discuss western route of CPEC with them.

He said that western route of CPEC was the shortest one to Gwadar and its construction would provide the people of Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with opportunities to boost their economy.

“If the interests of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are ignored in CPEC, we will directly contact the government of China about our reservations and complaints,” said the minister. He added that they would not hesitate to hold an all-party conference in Peshawar on the issue.

The minister said that prime minister should remove the grievances of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to avoid any confrontation.

ARREST: Munda police on Sunday claimed to have resolved an honour killing case and arrested the alleged killer of a young man and a married woman.

Briefing journalists, Munda SHO Pervez Rahim said that police found the body of a 26-year-old man on September 4 in a dry stream. He said that record of the mobile phone, found in the pocket of the deceased, showed that the victim received frequent calls from a number in Barikab village.

The SHO said that during investigation, police found that a married woman died in mysterious circumstances on September 6 in the same village. Police took the husband of the deceased woman into custody on suspicion, he said. He added that the arrested man confessed to his crime and alleged that his wife had illicit relations with the deceased.

The SHO said that the suspect shot dead the young man with a Kalashnikov and two days later forced his wife to swallow poisonous pills.

CAMP: A two-day free medical camp, organised by army in Kashmir Dherai, a remote village in Adenzai tehsil, concluded on Sunday.

Commandant Dir Task Force Col Khalid Mehmood Shafi and Commandant Chakdara Battalion Lt-Col Kamran Aslam along with other officers visited the camp. Hundreds of patients were checked up by doctors at the camp. Free medicines were also distributed among the patients.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2016