SWABI: The police recovered body of a man while two other people were killed in a road accident here on Sunday.

The police officials said that local people informed them that body of a man who was slaughtered by unidentified assailants was lying in the well on Bamkhel-Marghuz road.

The police recovered the body of the victim who was later identified as Sartaj Khan of Kachkul Banda of Bamkhel village. His brother told police that they had no enmity with anyone. He has registered an FIR against unknown persons.

In Manki village, two people were killed when a loaded truck collided with an autorickshaw on Swabi-Mardan road on Sunday. One Kamal Khan was killed on the spot while Shoaib Khan succumbed to his injuries at a Peshawar hospital. The Chota Lahor police have registered an FIR against the truck driver.

‘OPPOSITION DIVIDED’: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has said that the elected members were sold like sheep and goats in the Senate elections.

Addressing a gathering here on Sunday, he said in fact they (opposition parties) were having serious internal differences and some of the members did not want to vote for the PDM candidates and spoiled their votes.

He said this provided an opportunity to the ruling party to snatch victory from the opposition parties.

Mr Qaiser recalled that the ruling party had told the opposition parties to make legislation for preventing such practices. Every member was taught before the Senate elections how they should use the vote, he said, and claimed that some of the members intentionally wasted their votes.

About JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the NA speaker claimed that he was no longer relevant in the country’s politics.

GHINWA’S POST ANNOYS ACTIVIST: The social media post of Pakistan Peoples Party- Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) chief Ghinwa Bhutto about women’s march on International Women’s Day on March 8 has annoyed her party’s district general secretary Dr Mohammad Aqeel, who resigned from his slot and basic membership of the party on Sunday.

Announcing his resignation, Mr Farooqi said he did not agree with Ghinwa Bhutto’s post.

Published in Dawn, March 15th, 2021