KOHAT, Jan 16: The Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain would be observed as agreed by the religious groups on Sunday (Jan 22).

Earlier, the Chehlum in Kohat used to be held on 25th of Safar according to the Islamic calendar under an agreement reached during the Junejo government in Islamabad in 1986.

But now the Junejo Agreement had been mutually canceled by the elders of both the groups on the request of the regional administration.

The new agreement was signed because the fixed date of 25 Safar for chehlum in Kohat sometimes fell on Friday and other working days. The procession was not acceptable to the Sunnis on Friday whereas the administration wanted it to be held on Sundays so that no extra holiday was given in the area.

MINERS INJURED: Two miners sustained burn injuries when three blasts occurred in coal mines due to accumulation of gas in Darra Adam Khel on Monday.The blasts occurred in Tandi Kalay locality of Zarghun Khel. The injured miners were taken to Peshawar for treatment where their condition was stated to be out of danger.

The security forces were put on red alert after thee blasts, which were first perceived as an act of terrorism, but later after learning about the actual cause of the explosions the army returned to barracks.

CONDOLENCE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar on Monday offered Fateha for the departed soul of an active political and social figure of Kohat Abdul Shakoor Khan of Regi Sheinokhel.

The governor while expressing his heartfelt sympathies with Abdul Rauf Khan, the elder brother of the deceased and other members of the bereaved family, also eulogised the social services of the deceased. He also prayed for the grant of courage to the bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss with patience.