KARAK: The councillors of Karak tehsil have said that they will elect new nazim as Peshawar High Court Bannu bench has vacated the stay order against removal of former tehsil nazim Abdul Wahab.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, tehsil naib nazim Haji Jehanzeb and councillors Maulana Ismail Haqqani and Maulana Basheer Yousaf said that following vacation of the stay of former tehsil nazim after his removal from the office through vote of no-confidence, new tehsil nazim would be elected to get the funds released by provincial government.

They said that development funds of the tehsil had been stopped by the provincial government for more than two years owing confrontation between former nazim Abdul Wahab and councillors.

The councillors said that residents of the tehsil suffered owing to lack of funds. They said that about six months ago, the nazim was removed through no-confidence motion but he moved court and got stay order. They said that the court vacated the stay so they were making preparations for election of new tehsil nazim.

KILLED: A girl was killed and two other persons were injured in two separate incidents in parts of the district.

Police said that the daughter of Shamsur Rehman was injured in crossfire between two groups in Shahidan area of Takht-i-Nusrati tehsil. She succumbed to her injuries in the tehsil headquarters hospital. Shamsur Rehman registered FIR in Takht-i-Nusrati police station against both the rival groups.

In second incident, two young men sustained serious injuries when their motorcycle collided with a pickup truck coming from the opposite direction on Naray Khwara-Chowkara Road.

Both the motorcyclists identified as Qamar Ali and Sher Ali, who were first cousins, sustained critical injuries. They were shifted to district headquarters hospital in precarious condition.

Published in Dawn, November 16th, 2018