CHARSADDA: The Shabqadar police claimed to have foiled a terrorist attempt and seized explosives and other devices used in bomb making near a checkpost here on Thursday.

Officials said that the police received information that some suspicious things were lying near the Hajizai checkpost. They said that the police soon cordoned off the locality and recovered three kilogrammes of explosives powder, four hand grenades, two time devices, safety fuses and two detonators. Later, the explosives were safely defused.

The police station registered the case against unidentified accused and have intensified search in the area to track down the culprits.

Meanwhile, workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf blocked the road and staged a sit-in to protest against what they said rigging allegedly committed by the polling staff to defeat the PTI candidates during the LG polls in Shabqadar tehsil.

The protesters, led by PTI tehsil president Ghafar Sheikh, erected tents outside the office of the returning officer on Shabqadar-Peshawar road and staged a sit-in. They chanted slogans against the local administration and the election staff, including the returning officer for UC Katozai. They alleged that the polling staff had conspired against the PTI candidates and rigged the polls in favour of their rival candidates. — Correspondent

Published in Dawn, June 12th, 2015

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