KOHAT: An e-challan system has been introduced in Kohat on the directives of district police officer Mansoor Aman, doing away with the manual method of ticketing the traffic violators, with a view to curbing corruption and addressing the complaints of transporters.

The e-challan system has been directly linked to the computers of the traffic police headquarters, which will have the record of challan amount, name of the driver and his/her licence.

After depositing the challan amount the drivers could get their licence from the headquarters, DPO Mr Aman told reporters.

He said the wardens had started implementing the e-challan system by charging transporters on their electronic mobile devices.

SCORES OF SUSPECTS HELD: The police arrested a large number of suspects, including 30 Afghans and a proclaimed offender, during an operation headed by SP operations Tahir Iqbal in the surroundings of Kohat district prison and the suburbs of Cheechana refugee camp.

Over 100 houses were also checked and three non-local residents were held for not registering themselves with the police.

The police also seized a Kalashnikov, a repeater, a rifle, three pistols and 350 cartridges.

All the accused were moved to the Jarma police station where cases were registered against some of them and interrogation of Afghan refugees was in progress.

PRESS CLUB ELECTIONS: Journalists elected Noor Mohammad Bangash and Zahir Bangash as presidents of the Kohat Press Club and the Union of Journalists, respectively, for the year 2020 on Sunday.

Eleven members of the Union of Journalists were elected unopposed, including president Zahir Bangash, vice president-I Mohammad Ismail Khalid, vice president-II Esar Ali, secretary general Farhan Bangash, joint secretary Wazir Ali, finance secretary Syed Yasir Shah, secretary coordination Fazal Mehmood Ain, and Mohammad Sajid, Shakoor Ahmed and Abid Hussain as members of the executive body.

Similarly, seven members of the Kohat Pres Club were also elected unopposed, who included Faizan Banoori finance secretary, Basit Gilani joint secretary and coordination secretary Aleem Haider. The members of the executive body are Yaseen Awan, Qazir Noor Khan, Allah Dad and Bashir Jan.

Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2019