KOHAT: The tehsil municipal administration and the traffic police on Sunday served notices on encroachers along the Indus Highway, in Lachi Bazaar and the Kohat city to vacate the state land within three days or face forced eviction.

Tehsil municipal officer Mohammad Shoeb told reporters on Sunday that the encroachments had squeezed the space on the roads, leading to traffic mess. He said in case the encroachers did not remove encroachments voluntarily then an operation would be launched against them.

CASES RESOLVED: The dispute resolution council (DRC) of Hangu has so far solved 1,372 cases during this year.

A statement issued on Sunday said the council had received total 1,521 complaints regarding disputes over women, transfer of property and cash to heirs and payment of dowry, and resolved 1,372 of them with mutual consent of the parties involved. Similarly, progress on 120 cases had been made for quick resolution, while 122 cases had been sent to courts.

UNIVERSITY CAMPUS: A site has been selected at the Kohat University of Science and technology (KUST) for starting makeshift classes for the women’s university campus.

A statement issued on Sunday said district development advisory committee chairman Ziaullah Bangash, deputy commissioner Roshan Mehsud, and KUST Vice-Chancellor Dr Tasleem visited the site, and reviewed the arrangements for the visit of the chief minister for inauguration of the campus.

PANAGAH OPENS: The Pakistan Baitul Mal has set up a 100-bed Panagah (shelter home) on the Hangu Road to provide free boarding and lodging to homeless people.

MPA Ziaullah Bangash on Sunday visited the shelter home and said more such facilities would be set up in Kohat to accommodate the homeless people.

He was accompanied by district president of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Malik Atif.

SHOT DEAD: The rivalry between two groups of Junglekhel claimed a life on Sunday, the police said.

Four passersby were also injured in the firing, the police said, adding the cross fire caused panic among the people, who ran for shelter. The attackers managed to escape.

The cantonment police registered a murder case on the complaint of Abid Nawaz against Badshah Khan alias Ghamu, his son, Nadeem; Asghar, Asif, Qasim Khan and Umer Farooq.

Published in Dawn, November 22nd, 2021