LAKKI MARWAT: A man was killed while another sustained injuries in separate firing incidents here on Tuesday.

Police said that Sikandar Khan and Khan Bahadar opened firing on Mohammad Sher Khan who later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. Old enmity is stated to be the cause of the incident. Rehman Gul, who escaped the attack, told police that he and his brother Sher Khan were installing a water supply connection when the accused came and opened fire on them.

He said Sher Khan received serious bullet injuries and later was pronounced dead at a hospital in Tajori town. The police registered the case against the accused.

Separately, a man was wounded over a land dispute in Wanda Kutana village of Lakki Marwat. Police said Hikmatullah and Sharifullah opened firing on Latifullah and his brother Ali Sher when they were on way home.

They said Latifullah was injured while his brother escaped the attack. Police have started investigation after registration of the case.

WHEAT PROCUREMENT: Bannu commissioner Shaukat Ali Yousafzai has asked the food department and other officials concerned to use all resources to achieve the wheat procurement target set for the current crop season.

He issued these directives while chairing a meeting at his office on Tuesday. Lakki Marwat deputy commissioner Abdul Haseeb, Bannu deputy commissioner Mohammad Zubair and officials of food and agriculture departments were in attendance.

The food department officials told the meeting that they had set up centres in Bannu division to buy wheat from farmers at the support price announced by the government.

“In rain-fed areas, the farmers have got low yield this year,” they said, adding that the growers received higher per acre yield than the previous year in irrigated areas of Bannu division.

The commissioner said that achieving the wheat procurement target was essential to fulfil domestic needs and keep reserves for the coming years.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2021