SWABI, March 30: An activist of Awami National Party, Maqsood Ali, and his brother were seriously injured when two motorcyclists opened fire on them here on Saturday.

The incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Yar Hussian police station. Sources said that Maqsood Ali and his brother Shahab Ali were on their way home in their jeep after attending the Yar Hussain cattle fair when unidentified motorcyclists suddenly appeared and sprayed bullets on them near Yar Hussain.

As a result, both were seriously injured and taken to Yar Hussain civil hospital where doctors referred them to Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar.

Doctors at civil hospital said that condition of Mr Maqsood was very serious. The police said that it was an act of terrorism.

PTI RIFT: An annoyed group of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) comprising some local leaders here said on Saturday that if the leadership failed to redress their complaints concerning award of party tickets they would contest the general election as independent candidates from one National Assembly and three provincial assembly constituencies.

In the annoyed group, Mr Arshad has applied for PK-36 Swabi-VI ticket, Shah Wali for PK-31 Swabi-1, Salman Faisal for PK-35 Swabi-V and NA-13 SWabi-II, and Abdur Rashid for NA-13. They said that PTI provincial president Asad Qaiser had been nominated as the party candidate from NA-13 and PK-35, demanding that he should leave the NA constituency.—Correspondent