SWABI/KOHAT: Unidentified assailants lobbed a hand grenade on the hujra of a local leader of Pakistan People’s Party in Maneri Payan area here on the night between Friday and Saturday, but nobody was hurt in the incident.

Police said that the assailants threw the hand grenade into the hujra of Major retired Fida, and then escaped. Luckily, Mr Fida and other people present in the hujra remained unhurt.

“Preliminary investigations say that the incident was the result of a rivalry,” said a police official.

When contacted, Mr Fida told Dawn that he didn’t know who was behind the attack and what was their motive. However, he said that the attackers wanted to terrorise his family.

The police registered an FIR against unidentified attackers and began investigations.

In Hangu, the police defused a bomb planted near the police training college on Kohat road on Saturday.

Police at Kach Banda checkpost near the police training college, Hangu, spotted a suspicious gas cylinder, and called the Rescue 15 and bomb disposal squad personnel. Later, during inspection it was learnt that the cylinder contained explosives weighing 20 kilogram.The police stopped traffic on the main Hangu-Kohat road while the bomb was defused to avoid any mishap. They also launched a search operation in the area and arrested several suspects for interrogation.

The police had already intensified security in Hangu as it borders North Waziristan where Zarb-i-Azb operation is going on.

The Kohat district has also been declared a sensitive area from security point of view because hundreds of IDPs are coming here from Bannu for their onward journey to Peshawar and Punjab areas.

Published in Dawn, September 21st, 2014

Editorial

Ominous demands
Updated 18 May, 2024

Ominous demands

The federal government needs to boost its revenues to reduce future borrowing and pay back its existing debt.
Property leaks
18 May, 2024

Property leaks

THE leaked Dubai property data reported on by media organisations around the world earlier this week seems to have...
Heat warnings
18 May, 2024

Heat warnings

STARTING next week, the country must brace for brutal heatwaves. The NDMA warns of severe conditions with...
Dangerous law
Updated 17 May, 2024

Dangerous law

It must remember that the same law can be weaponised against it one day, just as Peca was when the PTI took power.
Uncalled for pressure
17 May, 2024

Uncalled for pressure

THE recent press conferences by Senators Faisal Vawda and Talal Chaudhry, where they demanded evidence from judges...
KP tussle
17 May, 2024

KP tussle

THE growing war of words between KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi is affecting...