KOHAT: People of villages located along Rawalpindi Road here have complained about low gas pressure, especially during the morning and evening hours.

At a meeting held here on Friday, district councillor Mohammad Faheem and Mohammad Sajid of Bilitang town said that the gas company knew that several CNG stations were operating on the Rawalpindi Road for 24 hours, but even then they had laid a less diameter pipeline which was resulting in low pressure.

They said that earlier the pressure was good, but with the start of gas supply schemes in all towns and villages along the Rawalpindi Road it was getting lower and lower with each passage day.

They said that recently the pipeline of the KDA Town and Junglekhel had been replaced with 9-inch pipe to tackle the problem of low gas pressure.

They said that it should have been planned that the district had huge oil and gas reserves and under the law the natural gas would have to be supplied to every village.

They said that if the problem was not resolved they would be forced to take to the roads.

KILLERS TRACED: The city police have solved a murder case and arrested a woman and her paramour for killing her husband.

A police statement said that on Dec 15 one Javed Iqbal who had just returned from Dubai was killed outside his home in Garhi Behram Khan here. His wife Aisha had filed an FIR against unknown persons.

According to the police, the woman disclosed during the investigation that she had killed her husband with the help of an FC official as they wanted to marry.

The police arrested Aisha and have registered a murder case against her. The statement said that the police would also arrest the other accused after due process.

Meanwhile, women councillors were trained on budget preparation at a ‘women assembly’ organised at the District Hall here on Friday.

District nazim Maulana Niaz Mohammad and executive district officer (finance) Wahidur Rehman briefed the councillors about the various steps required in preparation of budget.

Published in Dawn, January 14th, 2017