TIMERGARA: Pakistan People’s Party provincial president Humayun Khan has said that Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal was struggling only for power and has nothing to do with enforcement of Islamic laws in the country.

He was addressing a ceremony held in Odigram here on Monday in connection with the fifth death anniversary of Zahir Shah Khan alias Bhai Jan. Zahir Shah, the brother of PPP former lawmaker Mohammad Zamin was killed in a remote controlled bomb blast in Maidan in 2013 during his brother’s election campaign. Hundreds of party workers attended the event, which was also addressed by former senator Ahmad Hassan Khan, PPP district president Mehmood Zeb Khan, general secretary Ashfaqur Rehman, MPA Bakht Baidar Khan, Malik Azmat and others.

The speakers paid rich tributes to Zahir Shah and said that several leaders and workers rendered sacrifices for the party, country and the nation.

Humayun Khan says alliance of religious parties has nothing to do with enforcement of Islamic laws

Mr Humayun said that PPP had given the nation the gift of 1973 Constitution and initiated measures to make the country an atomic power. “It was PPP that renamed the province as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” he said. He added that PPP would win majority of seats in the upcoming general elections.

The PPP leaders criticised the PTI leadership for ignoring people of the province. They said that PTI deceived people with the slogan of ‘change’. They said that Timergara medical college was twice inaugurated by the JI leaders but nothing was done to make it operational.

WORKSHOP: The population welfare department on Monday arranged a workshop on ‘Growing population and planning’ at the Timergara campus of Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKU) Mardan.

The faculty members and students of the university and employees of population welfare attended the workshop that was addressed by Mohammad Basit Saeed, district population welfare officer, acting coordinator of campus Prof Nadimul Haq, Mansoor Khan and others.

They said that developed countries made proper planning by keeping in view their population growth. They said that overpopulation always created hardships in provision of education, health and entertainment facilities to people.

Also in the day, the University of Malakand arranged a seminar on ‘Prevention of corruption’ on its main campus in Chakdara. The seminar was addressed by Dr Rashid Ahmad, dean of social sciences, Prof Saeed Akhtar, chairman of Islamiat department, Dr Arab Naz, chairman of sociology department, and Mufti Abdul Haq.

Published in Dawn, May 15th, 2018