SHANGLA: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers in Shangla have demanded of the party leadership to award poll ticket for PK-23 constituency here to former MPA Shaukat Yousazai instead of a newcomer if the party is to win the seat in the coming general elections.

“If Pervez Khattak, the former KP chief minister, and Asad Qaisar, the speaker, can contest elections on two constituencies then why Shaukat Yousafzai cannot contest the elections from Peshawar and Shangla simultaneously,” Said Ali Baaz, a PTI activist and Bely Baba village nazim, insisted, while talking to Dawn on Saturday.

He said some political figures were joining the PTI to get poll tickets, which would damage the party’s reputation in Shangla.

Ijaz Kamal, a PTI tehsil councillor, claimed Mr Yousafzai had carried out record development in the district, and on the basis of which, he should be given the poll ticket for PK-23 to defeat the PML-N in Shangla.

A senior PTI leader and NA-10 ticket hopeful, Engr Abdul Tawab, said there would be no competition with PML-N if Mr Yousafzai was not awarded the ticket.

TWO KILLED ON ROAD: A woman and her son were killed when a jeep fell into a ravine in Tolaik area of Koz Kana on Saturday.

Officials at Karora police station told Dawn that a jeep was on way to Karora Bazaar from Shahed Sar when it fell into a ravine due to dilapidated condition of the road.

They said a woman, her son Mohammad Rokhan, were killed on the spot, while Rokhan’s 11-year-old son, Saeed Alam, was critically injured.

Police said the injured and dead were brought to the rural health centre, Karora, wherefrom the injured was referred to Saidu Teaching Hospital in Swat.

Also, a car heading to Swat from Bisham fell into Khan Khwar River, injuring three persons.

Police said the injured hailing from Swat, were taken to RHC Karora wherefrom the doctors referred them to a hospital in Swat after provision first aid.

Published in Dawn, June 3rd, 2018