LOWER DIR: A number of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers, who were arrested in the Chakdara FC Fort vandalism case, were freed from the Timergara jail here the other day.

An anti-terrorism court had granted bail to them and ordered their release.

Insaf Lawyers Forum leader Imtiaz Khan Advocate and others received the party workers outside the jail.

Prominent among those released were Nazir Mohammad Wardag, Zahid Khan, Mohammad Saleem, Bakht Zada, Osama Ijaz, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Latif, Aminul Haq, Zeeshan Khan, Mehran Azam, Ehsanullah, Abbas Ahmed, Gohar Ali, Wasim Akram, Mohammad Tariq, Riaz Ahmed, Uzair Ali, Abdul Aziz, Umar Rehman, Hamza Khan, Mohammad Farooq, Jafar Khan, Tahir Shah, Iqbal Hussain, Rafiullah, Mohammad Hanif and Azizullah.

Separately, a 20-year-old woman hailing from Chamar Talai village of Jandol was killed when an unknown attacker opened fire on her in Timergara the other day, residents and police said.

A Rescue 1122 team shifted the body to the District Headquarters Hospital for autopsy.

The police registered a case and started a search for the killer.

An official of the Timergara police station told this reporter that the incident apparently seemed to be an honour-related case.

Meanwhile, a 60-year-old man, Khaista Rehman, a resident of Matako area, was injured when his car plunged into a ravine in Tarai area. A Rescue 1122 team shifted the injured to hospital.

FUNDS SOUGHT: The local journalists have demanded of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali to order release of Rs500,000 he had announced for the Timergara Press Club.

The demand was made during a general body meeting of the press club held on Friday with its president Ismail Anjum in the chair.

On the occasion, Mr Anjum said the governor had announced the amount during the oath-taking ceremony of the press club’s office-bearers six months ago.

He said the governor’s office was contacted time and again, but to no avail. He said the press club had been facing financial problems due to lack of funds.

Mr Anjum said the press club had not been provided with funds during the last three years. He claimed some JUI-F local activists were creating hurdles in release of funds for the press club.

Published in Dawn, July 22th, 2023