SWABI: A man and his eight-year-old daughter were shot dead over an old enmity here on Monday, the police said.

They said Sardar Mohammad of Sudhir village reported to the Yar Hussain police station that Shah Sawar of Dubian area and Zafar Ali, also belonging to Sodhir village, opened fire on his brother, Ejaz Khan and his daughter, killing them on the spot. He said the cause of the incident was an old enmity, and that the attackers escaped from the spot.

The police registered an FIR and began efforts to arrest the suspected killers.

Meanwhile, a man identified as Tajamul Khan was killed by rivals in Jalsai village on Monday, the police said.

They said the man was going to a local bazaar when his rivals targeted him, killing him on the spot.

The cause of the incident was stated to an old enmity. The police registered an FIR and started further investigations.

HASHISH SEIZED: The police on Monday recovered over six kilogrammes of hashish from a man here.

Officials said a team led by DSP Chota Lahor circle Fazal Sher Khan arrested the man during checking of vehicles on the Anbar Interchange of Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway.

They said the contraband was kept in a schoolbag, and was destined for Punjab.

BRAIN DRAIN: Educationists and politicians

on Monday asked the government to stop the continued brain drain of educated youth by devising policies that provide them honourable jobs in their country.

They were speaking at a programme titled ‘brain-drain and our future’ organised by Abaseen Union of Journalists here.

The speakers said youngsters had lost hope for a better future due to wrong policies and political and economic instability.

Salim Khan Advocate, former provincial general secretary of Awami National Party, said flagrant violation of merit and the government’s failure to create job opportunities for the youth was forcing them to leave their country for greener pastures.

Mohammad Khitab, a Pakistani living in the US, said two years ago he attended a gathering of about 30 Pakistani youth in Canada, who were either engineers or doctors.

He said when he asked them why they left Pakistan they replied that they would never have done so if they had got jobs at home.

Javid Inqilabi, divisional general secretary of Pakistan Peoples Party, said Pakistan’s prosperity was linked with empowerment of youth economically.

Published in Dawn, October 22nd, 2024