Three outlaws held

LAKKI MARWAT, May 6: Police claimed on Friday to have arrested three dreaded outlaws and recovered illicit weapons from them.

An official said on a tip-off a team of Shaheed Asmatullah Khan police station of Naurang headed by SHO Asad Ali Shah raided a suspected hideout and apprehended two proclaimed absconders identified as Khushdil Khan and Wali Rehman. Two Kalashnikov rifles, magazines and 50 bullets were recovered from them.

Meanwhile, another police party of Dadiwala police station arrested an outlaw identified as Asmatullah from Shaikh Mansoor area. —Correspondent

Demo against police

PESHAWAR, May 6: A group of people including women belonging to Matni held a protest demonstration at Sher Shah Suri Road against the area police for failing to get their two abducted relatives freed from kidnappers.

The people were holding banners and placards inscribed with demands for early recovery of Mohammad Saeed and Arshad Mehmood who were kidnapped by armed from Adezai on April 24. “We have nominated Akhtar Nawab, Naeed, Nasir, Mohammad Nishad, Farhanullah and some others in the case at Matni police station but they were yet to be arrested,” they lamented.

They demanded of the chief minister, IGP and DCO Peshawar to take notice of the incident. —Bureau Report

Wazir tribe warned

KARAK, May 6: The elders of Banda Daud Shah tehsil have demanded of the Wazir tribe to set free the men and cattle of the Khattak tribe.

The elders of Bahaderkhel, Charpara, Jala Banda, Noshpa, Khizar Banda, Darishkhel and Anar Banda villages held a jirga on Friday threatening to take extreme action against the Wazir tribe if it didn’t free all the men of Khattak tribe it had kidnapped recently.

The elders complained the professional criminals of Wazir tribe almost on daily basis come to the meadows situated in the nearby hills owned by the Khattak tribe and took away cattle and the herdsmen. —Correspondent

Varsity council meeting

KOHAT, May 6: The fifth meeting of the academic council of Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST), which was held here on Friday, approved various steps for bringing the faculties at par with the recognised international institutions.

Chaired by the vice chancellor, KUST, Dr Nasir Jamal Khattak, the meeting also approved changes in fee structure to benefit students, modernisation of syllabus and making tests and subject research as compulsory for candidates applying for admissions in PhD classes, according to a statement.

An official told Dawn the council recommended reduction in the fee of arts students because they did not use laboratory, and inclusion of subjects which were being taught in the colleges but were not part of the university faculty. —Correspondent

Teachers seek salary raise

TIMERGARA, May 6: The vice-chairman of Mutahida Mahaz Asateza, Pakistan Khairullah Hawari on Friday said teachers from across the country would take part in a protest demonstration at Islamabad on May 26 while teachers from Malakand division would hold a protest rally in Mingora on May 17 to press the government to raise their salaries.

Chairing a meeting of the Tanzeem-i-Aseteza at Timergara he said the government was not taking notice of protests held by workers’ organisations. He said the protest demonstrations would continue till acceptance of their demands.

The meeting demanded of the government to implement recommendations of the pay and pension commission, merge the ad-hoc relief in pay, revise basic pay scales, implement service structure of teachers, restore 25 per cent teachers’ son quota in jobs and announce teacher unions elections. —Correspondent

Picnic day for elders

CHITRAL, May 6: A picnic day was arranged for the senior citizens of Booni town on Friday under the auspices of Hamsafar Welfare Society.

More than one hundred senior citizens were taken to the Kagh Lusht plateau where they passed a joyful day. Sports competitions were held among them, while a cultural show was also organised.

The senior citizens played folk sports with great keenness including traditional hockey, short race, tug-of-war and weight lifting.

The elderly also enthralled the youngsters with musical concert and played the traditional musical instruments sitar and flute. They reminded the young generation of the old and forgotten songs and won the ovation of the youngsters who had also turned up in large number. —Correspondent