KOHAT: A child protection court on Wednesday sentenced a man to seven years imprisonment and imposed Rs1 million fine on him for assaulting a child.

Additional Judge-IV Farhana Tabussam also ordered the convict to pay Rs200,000 as compensation to the child.

The police had registered a case against him under sections 377/B and 537 of the Child Protection Act.

Similarly, the same court awarded 10 years imprisonment to a man in a drug smuggling case.

The Darra Adamkhel police had arrested Mohammad Jamal of Bara area of Khyber district with one kilogramme of hashish and 15 grams of ice a year ago.

PARENTS DAY: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman has asked the youth to serve their country in a befitting manner.

He was addressing the parent day ceremony of the Cadet College Kohat here the other day.

He said institutions like the Kohat Cadet College were playing a pivotal role in provision of quality education to students.

Mr Farman, who was presented a salute of honour by the cadets, also witnessed a parade, and horse-riding and gymnastic competitions.

The governor said graduates from the cadent college were serving at high positions in the country’s civil and military institutions.

Mr Farman distributed gold medals and trophies among the students for their outstanding performance in the secondary and intermediate examinations results.

PTI GOVT CRITICISED: Former senator and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Abbas Khan Afridi has said people’s miseries have compounded under the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf rule.

Speaking at a public meeting in connection with the local body election campaign the other day, he criticised federal state minister Shehryar Afridi and MPA Ziaullah Bangash for failing to install a number of power transformers lying in different villages.

He said he had distributed these transformers from 2010 to 2017 among 50 villages.

He said the last PML-N government had resumed the suspended train service between Kohat and Rawalpindi by laying a new track.

Mr Afridi asked the people to reject PTI in the local body polls.

Speaking on this occasion, Mohammad Shakir, the PML-N candidate for the slot of Kohat city mayor, said the PTI local lawmakers had announced billions of rupees to be spent on Kohat’s uplift, but not a single penny was used on people’s welfare.

Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2021