NOWSHERA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl provincial chief Senator Maulana Attaur Rehman said here on Sunday that government was sensing its defeat in the upcoming Senate elections.

Talking to party workers, he said that the success of Pakistan Democratic Movement candidates in the by-polls affected the nervous system of the leaders of the ruling party.

MPA-elect Ikhtiar Wali Khan of PML-N, JUI-F district emir Qari Mohammad Aslam, Mufti Hakim Ali, Qari Riazullah and others were also present on the occasion.

Maulana Attaur Rehman said that government was trying to flee from Senate elections through show of hands instead of secret ballot and other tactics.

He said that the activists of JUI-F not only responded to the orders of their leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman but were also playing their due role in restoration of real democracy in the country. He said that 600 fake votes were polled in Kurram by-elections as the same seat was previously won by JUI-F.

KILLED: A woman was shot dead here on Sunday allegedly by her son in the name of honour in Babaji Kallay of Risalpur.

Police sources said that Waqar Hassan allegedly killed his mother with the help of his uncle Bakht Rawan when he saw her in compromising condition with a man, who managed to escape in injured condition. However, the injured man later surrendered to Risalpur police.

The body of the deceased woman was shifted district headquarters hospital for autopsy. Rispalur police station registered a case and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2021