LAKKI MARWAT: Police resorted to baton charge to disperse students of Government Postgraduate College, Lakki Marwat, when they refused to open the busy Bannu-Mianwali road in Lakki city on Thursday.

A good number of students of BS programme closed the main artery connecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Punjab in front of the college building demanding increase in marks in internal examinations. The closure of the road troubled both transporters and commuters.

The students raised slogans in favour of their demand and made clear that they would not accept external examinations held under the University of Lakki Marwat.

On this occasion, the students’ leaders said they discussed the issue with varsity and college officials, but to no avail.

They demanded decreasing the marks of final examinations held at the end of each semester by the varsity and asked the authorities concerned to increase marks for students’ evaluation during mid-term exams conducted by the college.

The students turned down the request of DSP Azmat Bangash to open the road despite assurance that the varsity administration had agreed to accept their demand, leaving the cops with no option, but to resort to baton charge.

Police also arrested around 12 students and shifted them to Lakki police station.

However, they were later released.

KILLED: One person was killed and three others were injured when two groups clashed over a property dispute in Kashmir Darey Dareez area here the other day.

The area police identified the deceased as Mohammad Afsan. They said the wounded included Razaullah from one side and Jalil Khan and Faqeer Khan from the other.

The police said separate cases had been registered against the accused persons of both groups in Haved police station.

ARRESTED: Police arrested two proclaimed offenders and scores of suspects during an operation in Tajori town here the other day.

An official said the police assisted by commandos of Elite Force and lady police personnel raided the hideouts of criminal gangs in rural localities and arrested two proclaimed offenders and an alleged drug trafficker.

Published in Dawn, February 26th, 2021