LAKKI MARWAT: A woman reportedly axed to death her husband over a family dispute in Karim Baistkhel area of Bannu on Wednesday, the police said.

Mandan police station officials said Sultana Bibi attacked her husband, Mohammad Roshan, 40, with an axe, killing him on the spot.

They said the attacker fled the place and the body was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital.

The officials said they had registered a case against the killer on the complaint of the deceased’s brother, Gul Sher Khan, a resident of Serai Naurang area of Lakki Marwat.

Separately, a man accidently shot at and killed his brother in Mir Wali Kallay Bazaar Ahmad Khan area.

Police identified the deceased as Ihsanullah. They said Adil Khan was cleaning his loaded pistol when it went off.

They, however, said the police had started investigating the shooting.

CRACKDOWN SOUGHT: The local government members have asked the police to intensify crackdown on anti-social elements to help maintain peace in Lakki Marwat and Bannu districts.

The Naurang tehsil council met here on Wednesday to discuss matters pertaining to law and order and non-availability of funds to local bodies.

Council chairman Haji Azizullah Khan, TMO Kiramatullah, and officials of line departments were also in attendance.

The council members condemned the murder of a village council chairman in Top Takhtikhel area and asked the police to arrest the killers forthwith.

The opposition members boycotted the meeting, accusing the tehsil chairman of using delaying tactics in convening the council’s meetings.

Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2023