SWABI: The police arrested Awami National Party activist and Pakhtun Student Federation’s former provincial general secretary Azeem Khan Yousafzai during a midnight raid on his house in Dagai village of Razaar teshil on Tuesday.

An official at the Swabi police station, where the ANP worker was lodged after his arrest, told Dawn that an FIR had been registered against him for raising slogans against the state institutions during a party’s public gathering on Tuesday.

He said the FIR was registered against him on an application submitted by Anwar Ali, a resident of Kunda village. He said the complainant stated that Azeem used offensive language against the state institutions during the gathering held at Karnal Sher Khan Chowk.

The complainant said such ‘derogatory’ language was not acceptable to any patriotic citizen, and hurt their feelings. The police official said the complainant sought action against the ANP worker as per the law.

Azeem held for ‘ridiculing’ state institutions; released on bail

Meanwhile, sources in both the police and ANP said senior civil judge Badar Munir Khan ordered his release on bail.

It is to mention here that ANP leaders and workers indulged in intense sloganeering against the state institutions (establishment) for what they said rigging the elections and manipulating the poll results.

When contacted, ANP district general secretary Nawabzada said Mr Azeem had been released on bail.

CAREER FAIR: A two-day career fair began at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology on Wednesday

Ahmad Hayat Lak, managing director of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), opened the fair as the chief guest.

About 125 multinational and national companies from across the country are participating in the Career Fair 2024.

Prof Fazal Ahmad Khalid, Rector GIK Institute, pro-rectors, deans, heads of departments also participated in the fair.

The organisers said the fair would provide an opportunity to the students, who are expected to complete their BS in different disciplines of engineering and management sciences during the current year, to be picked by the potential employers.

They said industrialists would interview the students for selection on Thursday (today).

On the occasion, Mr Lak inked a contract with GIK Institute to set up an energy research centre at the institute.

He also visited modern laboratories in the faculty of mechanical engineering and lauded the facilities.

Prof Khalid said the career fair provided an opportunity to the GIK Institute to boost linkages and collaboration with the industry.

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2024