KOHAT: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Awami National Party on Friday announced seat adjustment on all the 109 village council seats and three tehsil mayor slots in the Kohat district.

The two parties have also constituted an eight-member committee to finalise the strategy for contesting the elections from a single platform.

The decision was made at a meeting between the leaders of the two parties held here. ANP Kohat president Inayatullah Qureshi, district coordinator Dr Safdar, and JUI-F district emir Maulana Abdur Raheem, the party’s MPA Shahadad Khan and others attended the meeting.

Later, speaking at a press conference, the JUI-F and ANP leaders said they had joined hands to defeat the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidates in the local body elections.

They said the alliance would continue in the general elections 2023.

They said the PTI local lawmakers had failed to spend the Rs8-billion oil and gas royalty funds of Kohat, which were lying with the government.

They termed the present PTI rule the worst kind of dictatorship in the garb of so-called democracy.

They regretted that even the media was not safe and journalists were being forced to quit their profession and kidnapped.

WHEELCHAIRS DISTRIBUTED: The Hungarian oil and gas exploration company MOL distributed wheelchairs among the special children at a function held at the Nishtar Academy here on Friday to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Deputy commissioner Roshan Mehsud was the chief guest on the occasion.

Special children presented national songs, Naats and Hamds. The deputy commissioner lauded the efforts of the Nishtar Academy for helping the special children lead a normal life.

The MOL officials also distributed prizes among the special children.

Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2021