SWABI: The police arrested three alleged car-lifters and recovered a stolen car in raids conducted in different areas of Swabi here on Wednesday.

District police officer Sajjad Khan told reporters that Gohar Khan of Yaqubi region, who was wanted in a murder case and was also involved in car snatching cases, was arrested during checking on the Yaqubi road. A car (LXG-990) was also recovered from his possession.

In another raid, the police arrested a car-lifter, Bahar Ali Khan, who belongs to Ismalia region. The Kalu Khan police arrested him from Ismalia suburbs and shifted him to district headquarters.

In yet another raid, the police arrested an auto thief and recovered five kilogram charas from him. The suspect was identified as Jafar Shah of Razaar tehsil.

Students of pharmacy department, University of Swabi, continued their protest for the third day on Wednesday to demand facilities at the department’s laboratories.

The students rejected a proposal by the varsity administration to wait a month till the demanded facilities are provided, and vowed to continue agitating.

The environment in the university remained tense on Wednesday and there were reports that the management was considering to call police to quell the protest.

However, a contingent of police remained present in the varsity to deal with any untoward incident.

Sources said the pharmacy department chairman Dr Saleemullah and vice-chancellor Professor Noor Jehan discussed the issue and decided to start providing the required facilities to the labs in month, but the students declared that they would no more accept delaying tactics as their future was at stake.

The students said they wanted the facilities in a week or two.

Published in Dawn, May 14th, 2015

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