KOHAT: ANP MPA to stage sit-in

Published June 1, 2003

KOHAT, May 31: ANP MPA Syed Kalb-i-Hassan has announced to stage a sit-in on the inauguration of the Kohat Tunnel by President Gen Pervez Musharraf on June 10 to protest against the employment of non-residents of the district in the project by the National Highway Authority.

In a press release issued here on Friday, Mr Hassan said the NHA was violating the orders of the government.—Correspondent

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