KOHAT: On the report of the monitoring staff, the regional election commissioner here on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl MPA Mohammad Shoaib from Darra Adamkhel tribal subdivision for participating in rallies and corner meetings of candidates contesting local government elections.

The notification said that despite strict ban on the lawmakers’ attending party meetings of local body candidates he had been making speeches and visiting people from house to house with the candidates demanding votes from them.

The MPA has been summoned to appear before the election commissioner, Adnan Bashir, at his office in Kohat on Friday (today) to explain his position regarding the complaint about violation of the election code of conduct.

SEIZED: The Kohat police on Thursday recovered and destroyed 14 mortars and a mortar gun hidden underground by terrorists in Bostikhel area of Darra Adamkhel tribal subdivision.

A statement issued here said that the Darra Adamkhel police had received intelligence information about the presence of buried mortars, which could be used for terrorist act.

The police along with the bomb disposal squad dug up the mortars and the gun and destroyed them at a safe place.

Published in Dawn, December 10th, 2021