2000-11-30

NEWS IN BRIEF

Teenager dies on road

KOHAT, April 13: A teenager was killed and his mother and two brothers were injured when a pick-up in a marriage procession overturned in Togh Bala here on Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses said that the pick-up (BUB-3943) overturned due to high speed and as a result, 14-year-old Arsalan died on the spot. His mother Rasheeda Begum and two brothers, Ishfaq and Ishaq, suffered serious injuries in the accident. They were taken to women and children hospital for treatment.

The police arrested the driver and impounding the vehicle. — Correspondent

Beekeepers to get bees

PESHAWAR, April 13: The USAid has decided to support 3,000 beekeepers of Swat, who had suffered losses during the flash floods in August last year.

The decision was taken in USAid meetings with the farmers and NGOs. A civil society activist Khaliur Rehman on Wednesday said that the distribution process of bees would start from Friday (April 15) in different union councils of Swat.

He said that the project was aimed at supporting the flood affected people associated with beekeeping and it would also distribute beekeeping kits among 3,000 affected people in the business.

The deserving beekeepers, he said, had been identified in the union councils including Tilagram, Janu Chamtalai, Shalpin, Sheen, Miandam, Beshgram, Sakhra, Darai, Gwalerai and Beha Matta. —Bureau Report

Lawyers seek governor's help

PESHAWAR, April 13: A 27-member delegation comprising prominent lawyers of Malakand Division called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar here on Wednesday and apprised him of the working conditions for the lawyers' community in their respective areas.

The members of the delegation also put forward certain proposals to strengthen the barrooms in various districts and sub-divisions of Malakand and requested the governor to help them in resolution of their grievances.

Meanwhile a 22-member delegation comprising elders as well as social and political figures of Sherkot area of Kohat also called on the governor on Wednesday.

The delegation led by a prominent social and political personality of the area, Mr. Sultan Hussain requested the governor to help them in resolution of their grievances especially with regard to provision of natural gas and improvement of
electrification system. —Bureau Report

Quality education

KOHAT, April 13: MPA Syed Qalb-e-Hassan has said that true development of society is only possible through quality education to women and by making teaching staff more responsible.

Addressing the parents day ceremonies at PAF primary and Chakarkot girls high schools, he said that education was the real gift for society which could secure the future of the nation.

He awarded prizes to the top position holders. He also inaugurated the construction of three classrooms in the PAF school which would cost Rs1.8 million and also reviewed and praised development work at the Chakarkot high school. He gave Rs30,000 to the principal of Chakarkot high school for distributing it among the deserving students. —Correspondent

Teachers' allowances

PESHAWAR, April 13: The teachers' association of Khyber Girls Medical College (KGMC) has expressed concern over deduction of certain allowances from the salaries.

A general body meeting of the association held on the KGMC premises on Wednesday set up a committee to apprise the concerned authorities about their grievances. The committee would also chalk out a strategy to deal with the issue of allowance deduction.

The meeting discussed the government's move to deduct basic science and teaching allowances from their salaries.

Another committee was also formed to coordinate with teachers' associations of other public sector medical colleges in the province on the issues and problems of medical teachers. —Bureau Report

Tribesmen fined

LAKKI MARWAT, April 13: The political administration of Frontier Region Lakki Marwat imposed heavy fine on three clans of Bhetani tribe for violating ban on poppy cultivation, said an official source here on Wednesday.

The source said that the tribesmen had ignored the clear-cut orders of the political authorities regarding ban on poppy cultivation in the tribal region, forcing the administration to destroy crops on a vast area of land and launch a crackdown on growers in recent days.

"As many as 36 tribesmen hailing from different clans were arrested and sent to jail under FCR during a special offensive against poppy cultivators," he maintained.

The source said that the elders held a Jirga with assistant political agent Muhammad Fayyaz Khan Sherpao and assured him that the tribesmen would not cultivate poppy in future.  —Correspondent

FIA raid

PESHAWAR, April 13: FIA officials conducted a raid on the office of leader of Hundi and Sarafa Association in Hayatabad and recovered illegal documents here on Wednesday.

An official, Amjad Khan, said that the accused, Abdullah, was an Afghan national posing himself to be a resident of North Waziristan Agency and was involved in preparing fake Pakistani computerised national identity cards.

During the raid, he said, the accused managed to flee however the entire record of illegal business had been taken into possession. He said that FIA had launched a drive against all the illegal moneychangers, as it was causing a huge loss to the national exchequer. —Bureau Report

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