2000-11-30

NEWS IN BRIEF

Two killed in Haripur

HARIPUR, April 25: A man was shot dead while body of a man was found in the jurisdiction of Khanpur police on Monday. The first murder was reported from village Dartiaan, some 22km from Khanpur, where a man gunned down his brother-in-law over a marital dispute.

In the first incident occurred in Dartiaan village, Mohammad Hanif shot dead his brother-in-law, Mohammad Wajid, over a martial dispute, said police quoting Mohammad Sajid, brother of the deceased.

Police found body of a man in his thirties from Mang village. The victim, Tahir Mehmood of Mohalla Said Mir Rata Amral, Rawalpindi, was strangulated by unknown men who had hired his vehicle, a Suzuki carry, from Rawalpindi railway station.

They decamped with the vehicle. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital Khanpur for autopsy. —Correspondent

Rs100m for irrigation channels

PESHAWAR, April 25: Chief Minister Ameer Haidar Hoti has approved Rs100 million for rehabilitation of flood affected water courses in Batagram district as non-ADP scheme.

A statement issued here on Monday said the chief minister had announced package of Rs100 million for flood affected water courses in Batagram during a public meeting on 14th October, 2010, to assist the poor farmers.

Meanwhile, the CM, chairing a meeting at his office on Monday, stressed the need for promotion of economic activities,
provision of employment opportunities, building of skilled human resources, market-based technical education and capacity-building of productive sectors. He directed for preparation of targets and priorities in this connection. —Bureau Report

Diarrhoea in IDP camp

GHALANAI, April 25: Acute water diarrhoea caused by unhygienic conditions has affected 24 children in Nahaqi camp in Mohmand Agency, doctor said.

The Nahaqi camp which is housing the people displaced by military action against miscreants in Mohmand Agency is short of basic facilities, like water, electricity and sanitation, said Dr Faisal of the primary healthcare programme.

Talking to this correspondent, he said situation was under control as curative and preventive measures were underway to control its spread. The affected children, he said were being monitored. We are asking the people to boil water before drinking, he said. —Correspondent

Regional cricket tourney

PESHAWAR, April 25: The Afghanistan Cricket Board will organise second round of the Ahmad Shah Abdali regional tournament in Peshawar. The tournament starts from tomorrow (Tuesday).

Speaking to reporters at the Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium on Monday, Nasim Danish, Chief Executive of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, said the first round of the regional cricket tournament had been completed and now the second round would be played in Peshawar.

"The cricket stadiums in Kabul are under-construction due to which we have decided to play the second round in Peshawar," he said, adding, six teams had arrived in Peshawar which will play three-day matches that will continue for 20 days. He appreciated the International Cricket Council and Pakistan Cricket Board for promoting cricket in the war-ravaged Afghanistan. —Bureau Report

Assistance for small farmers

PESHAWAR, April 25: A humanitarian organisation, Interfaith League against Poverty (ILAP), has devised a plan to support the farmers in the flood ravaged areas of the province.

Under the plan, the organisation will provide fertilizers and technical assistance to small growers, said the ILAP central chairman, Sajjid Ashaq, while talking to journalists here on Monday.

Mr Ashaq said the ILAP had extended relief assistance after the devastated floods in Nowshera and Charsadda districts where about 16,000 families had been provided with food and non-food items. He said the organisation had also established several medical camps and provided free medicines and check ups of patients suffering from different diseases. —Bureau Report

Gas facility

KOHAT, April 25: The people of Kharmatu will get gas facility from local fields by July this year.

This was stated by the Provincial Minister for Housing, Amajid Khan Afridi, while addressing a public gathering in the area on Monday. He told the elders the chief minister had approved a girls degree college for his PF-37 constituency.

He said the government had spent millions of rupees on blacktopping of roads in Khamartu and also sanctioned funds for installing 20 electricity poles.

He said a women degree college will soon be constructed in Bilitang whereas work on the Rs23 million degree college for boys in Gumbat was in progress. —Correspondent

Condolence reference

PESHAWAR, April 25: TV drama artistes and writers on Monday paid tribute to services of late comedian actor Moin Aktar and others in the field.

In this connection, a condolence reference was held at press club, which was attended by local drama and television artistes.

The participants held Quran Khawani and offered Fateh for departure souls of Moin Akhtar, Baboo Baral, Khiyam Sarhadi, Liaqat Soldier, Rabia Tabasem and Mastana.

The artistes said the death of renowned actors had created great vacuum, which would take long time to fill. They said Moin Akhtar was recognised as a great actor at international level. —Bureau Report

Arms seized

KOHAT, April 25: The police impounded a suspicious truck and seized arms and ammunition from it on Bannu road on Monday. The people called the rescue 15 saying that a suspicious truck number C-1970 was passing through the city at high speed.

A police team chased the truck and intercepted it near Jalal petrol pump and arrested the driver, Ameer Khan, after recovering five 30-bore pistols and 400 cartridges during search.

The driver was taken to the Riaz Shaheed police station along with the truck for interrogation and a case was registered against him under arms act. —Correspondent

Book launched

CHITRAL, April 25: Speakers at a book launching ceremony on Monday appreciated the efforts of its compiler for preserving the centuries-old folk songs of Khowar (Chitrali).

Sornik, which is published by Anjuman-i-Taraqi Khowar, Chitral, is the collection of folk songs which faced the threat of being consigned to oblivion as they were yet to be preserved.The collection and compilation work of the folk songs had been entrusted to Gul Nawaz Khaki who has been an eminent folk singer apart from being poet and his rich contribution to the Khowar prose. —Correspondent

No comments:

Post a Comment