DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The three-day Tour de Waziristan Cycle Race concluded at the Wana Sports Complex in South Waziristan tribal district on Tuesday.

Around 100 cyclists from all four provinces, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir participated in the event.

Ali Ilyas of Sindh won the annual race for third consecutive year, while the second position went to Abdul Wahid of Balochistan.

Dera Ismail Khan commissioner Amir Latif, who was the chief guest of the concluding ceremony, said the cycle race was held to promote the soft image of Waziristan region in the world.

He said more teams would be invited to the event next year.

The chief guest along with deputy commissioner of South Waziristan district Khalid Iqbal Khattak distributed prizes to winners and other players. Special gifts sent in by Inspector General of Frontier Corps (South) Major-General Mohammad Munir were also given away to the players.

Earlier, the participants were warmly welcomed by the residents on arrival in Wana.

ARRESTED: Five people were held here on Tuesday over a recent bank robbery in Saddar area.

Sub-divisional police officer of Saddar Circle Hafiz Mohammad Adnan Khan told reporters that the police recovered Rs1.3 million of the Rs4.2 million looted amount from robbers.

Published in Dawn, December 1st, 2021