Man gets life term

TIMERGARA, June 11: A local court on Saturday convicted a man for killing his wife, a police constable, and awarded him life imprisonment with Rs500,000 as blood money to be paid to the victim’s family, court sources told Dawn.

Sources said Salim Khan had allegedly gunned down his wife, Khalida, a policewoman, in an honour related case on August 20, 2010. Father of the victim, Bahadar Khan, had registered case against his son-in-law who had escaped from the scene. However, the Balambat police later arrested him.

The additional sessions judge, Timergara, announced the verdict. The lady constable Khalida had left behind two daughters and a son. Advocate Anwar Akhunkhel represented her family in the case, sources added.—Correspondent

Loadshedding timings

PESHAWAR, June 11: Peshawar Electric Supply Company has revised loadshedding schedule throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A statement issued here on Saturday said the Pesco was facing a shortfall of 640MW in the province and was forced to carry out 5 to 6 hours loadshedding in urban areas and 7 to 8 hours loadshedding in rural areas on all 11KV feeders.

The Pesco appealed to customers to minimise the use of electricity so that the loadshedding duration may be further reduced, and overloading of the system could be avoided.

It requested the industrial consumers to save at least 25 per cent energy and commercial consumers to close all shopping plazas and shops before 8pm and switch off all streetlights especially the billboards. —Bureau Report

Unutilised funds

KARAK, June 11: Over Rs90 million of oil and gas production bonus released by the Hungarian MOL company for development of Karak district has been lying unutilised in the district’s account due to differences among the elected representatives and elders of the Khattak Ittehad.

Sources said on Saturday the MOL company had released Rs23.4 million in two installments as production bonus for the uplift schemes in May 2009, while another Rs67.6 million were transferred to the designated account on Sept 1, 2010. The sources said the fund could not be utilised as three local lawmakers wanted to use the amount on the development schemes identified by them, while Khattak Ittehad leaders wanted utilisation of funds on development of the whole district. — Correspondent

JI caravan

MARDAN, June 11: A caravan of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Mardan chapter, on Saturday passed through various bazaars and markets in the city, appealing to the people to attend its public meeting on Sunday (today) at the railway station ground to raise voice against the ‘corrupt rulers’.

The caravan led by the JI district amir Sultan Mohammad, district general secretary Manzoor-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Semaab and ex-district naib nazim Ibrahim Biland, was consisted of around 50 to 60 cars and bikes.

The party sources said the caravan was held to mobilise the people against the ‘corrupt rulers’ in order to get rid of them.Participants were carrying party flags and banners inscribed with different slogans against corruption and government’s perceived pro-US policies. JI amir Syed Munawar Hasan and other central and provincial leaders would address the public meeting. — Correspondent