KOHAT: Police here on Tuesday recovered a big quantity of explosive material and other gadgets lying buried near Rawalpindi Interchange close to a tea stall.

Acting on a tip-off, the officials of Mohammad Riaz Shaheed police station and intelligence personnel dug out the material hidden underground. The seizure included 50 kilogrammes of explosives, 400 detonators and six bundles of safety fuse wire.

The bomb disposal squad defused the material and shifted it to the police station. The officials said that it could have been used in making suicide jackets and bombs. A case has been registered against unknown terrorists.

LG SYSTEM: The participants of the Kohat region convention on ‘strengthening of local government and all its tiers’ have vowed to defend the system in its 2001 basic form.

The convention was held at the council hall in Kohat on Tuesday which was attended by provincial president of local bodies association Rematullah Mayar as chief guest besides vice-president Qasim Ali Shah, district nazims of Kohat, Hangu and Karak and councillors.

Mr Mayar demanded early payment of outstanding stipends of the nazims and release of development funds so that the benefits could reach the people.

The participants termed the LG system in its 2001 form as the best that offered solution to all problems at the grassroots level. They described it as a guarantee to development where equal facilities were provided at the rural and urban levels.

They asserted that any change in the tiers of the local government system would not be accepted.

Published in Dawn, March 20th, 2019