DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A woman schoolteacher and a former police official were killed when they allegedly fired at each other at a Maktab school here on Monday. Another female teacher was injured in the attack, the police said.

The incident took place in Muqim Shah area in the limits of Saddar police station, the officials said.

A police official said Zafar, who was terminated from Dera police over discipline violation, barged into the Maktab school and opened fire on two women teachers, also his relatives, leaving them injured.

The official said one of the women died later but not before shooting dead the assailant. He said the former policeman and both the women had a personal enmity.

Police and Rescue 1122 officials rushed to the spot and shifted both the bodies and the injured woman to hospital.

The police have registered a case of the incident.

TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP ENDS: The Second Inspector General Frontier Corps South National Taekwondo Championship 2021 concluded with a colourful ceremony in Tank on Monday.

FC South Command had organised the three-day championship at Sikandar Shaheed Camp.

Teams from Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad, Azad Kashmir and the army participated in the championship.

The final match was won by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team defeating the Balochistan team.

The players of the army taekwondo team presented a splendid martial arts display.

Dera Ismail Khan division commissioner Amir Latif was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion, he said organising national taekwondo championship in an area like Tank was proof that peace had returned to the region due to the great sacrifices of Pakistan Army, FC South, law enforcement agencies and the people.

He also distributed prizes among the best players.

Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2021