LAKKI MARWAT: Three people, including a teacher, were killed in separate incidents here the other day.

Police said that a primary schoolteacher, Reham Dil, was gunned down in Begukhel village when he was returning home from school. They said that the teacher had an exchange of harsh words with the attackers who escaped.

They said that Mohammad Riaz, son of Reham Dil, had nominated Shaukatullah and Rauf in the FIR.

In another such incident, one Haroonullah was killed in Behramkhel village in the limits of Tajori police station. The police quoted Haroonullah’s mother Safia Bibi as saying that one Hamidullah killed his son and escaped.

Police added that a villager, Akhtar Zaman, was killed by his rivals over a land dispute in Tajazai. They, however, said that before breathing his last Zaman nominated Sherin and Kifayatullah as the attackers. A case has been registered against them.

TOURNAMENT: District education officer Abdus Salam inaugurated the annual high and higher secondary schools tournament in the district the other day.

On the opening day, GHS Jabukhel defeated GHS Khawjakhel 3-1 in the football match.

The DEO said that students of around 70 schools would show their performance in different sports events. He asked the organisers to provide maximum opportunities to the students of rural areas’ schools to play different games.

Meanwhile, the local sports department with the support of district government organised a declamation contest on disaster management among the students of high schools.

Deputy commissioner Mohammad Bakhtiar and district naib nazim Arab Khan were the guests of honour. Tanveer Aslam of Government Higher Secondary School No 3, Michenkhel, got the first position and Mohammad Shoaib of GHS No 2, Lakki, stood second in the speech competition.

Mr Bakhtiar gave away trophies and cash prizes to the position-holder students.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2017