SWABI: A member of Tableeghi Jamaat (preacher) was shot dead by his rivals inside a mosque in Zaida area here on Thursday, police said.

They said that Saqib Rehman, a resident of Kunda village, was part of a preaching party. He was preparing for Fajr prayers in Faizabad mosque when his rivals shot him dead, they added.

The killers managed to escape after the incident. A brother of the deceased registered an FIR against Sher Nawas and Zahid Ali at Zaida police station.

Councillors meet: The All Councillors Ittehad Topi organised a meeting here on Thursday to resolve the problems of the residents of the area.

The meeting, presided over by Deputy Commissioner Matiullah Khan, was attended by heads of 20 government departments including District Police Officer Javed Iqbal and District Education Officer Jan Mohammad besides MPA Shiraz Khan and Topi tehsil nazim Sohail Yousufzai.

The councillors told the residents of the area to apprise the MPA and heads of departments of their problems so that those could be resolved.

It was for the first time since the formation of local government that the officials of different departments gathered on a platform to face the people and hear their complaints.

Speaking on the occasion, MPA Shiraz Khan said that he had filed a writ petition in Peshawar High Court to seek royalty on electricity for Topi.

He said that people of Topi rendered sacrifices for establishment of Tarbela Dam and Ghazi Barotha but despite that their area was kept in darkness.

“We have given a total of 121,000-kanal for two big dams, which are electricity lifeline of the country. In the total 121000-kanal of land, 14,500-kanal was given to Ghazi Barotha while the remaining land was allocated to Tarbela Dam,” said the MPA. He said that people of the area would struggle to get Rs107 million power royalty of Topi.

Published in Dawn, February 26th, 2016