SWABI: The district administration and traffic police on Sunday launched a crackdown on public transporters using substandard CNG kits.

Officials told Dawn that the substandard CNG kits in vehicles were ticking bombs and could result in loss of precious lives. They said the campaign was aimed to educate people about highly risky CNG kits.

The officials said it was responsibility of the transporters to get the CNG kits checked every after few months, but no transporter had taken such steps.

They said it was noticed that transporters had fixed numerous CNG cylinders on roofs of buses despite ban, forcing the administration to take action.

They said that compared with private vehicles such kits in public transport vehicles were perilous because they were always full of commuters.

The officials said quality of the CNG kits was being checked with the help of experts and the substandard gas cylinders were being removed.

Chota Lahor assistance commissioner Tabinda Tariq led the crackdown and got the substandard CNG kits removed from the vehicles in her presence.

WOMEN KILLED: A woman belonging to Chota Lahor was allegedly killed by her family, said police.

The woman was allegedly targeted on the directives of her husband, who belongs to Manki village. The mother-in-law, a brother-in-law and other members attacked her when she developed differences with her husband on some domestic issue.

When contacted, police officials said she was allegedly beaten to death.

The Chota Lahor police registered an FIR and started further investigations.

JOINS PTI: Hayatullah, the Awami National Party’s district council member, quit his party and announced joining Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Sunday.

Talking to reporters along with Shahran Khan Tarakai, provincial minister for local government, Hayatullah said he was no longer part of ANP and vowed to work for strengthening the ruling party in Yar Hussain region.

Mr Tarakai welcomed him in the PTI fold.

Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2019