Source The News
The foundation of the first Women and Children Hospital was laid in Darra Adamkhel, Frontier Region Kohat, the other day.
Talking to The News, president of coalmines of Darra Adamkhel, Sabir Afridi said that the income being generated from the coalmines in Qasimkhel area was Rs15 million per month and added that the local people had realised that there should be some health facilities in the area. e said that Rs3.6 million would preliminary be spent on the project of hospital for women and children which would be furnished with all medical facilities. He said the initiative had been taken purely on self-help by the local residents to provide better healthcare to the people.
He said the cases of women and children would be handled in the hospital instead of taking to hospitals in Peshawar or Kohat. He said such project was private and being financed by the income being generated from the coalmines.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Four gunned down in Kohat
Source The News
Four persons including father and son were shot dead in Mandakhel area in the limits of Bilitang Police Station here Monday, police said.
Lodging a case with the police, Muhammad Ishfaq said his father, Raees Khan, brother Sanaullah and two cousins Abdul Ghaffar and Sheharyar were on way home from the mosque after ‘Isha prayers’ when the gunmen opened fire on them.
Raees Khan and his son Sanaullah were killed on the spot while two others sustained critical injuries. The injured were transported to the District Headquarters Hospital Kohat where they succumbed to injuries. The motive behind the incident could not be ascertained.
Two POs held in Mansehra: The police here Tuesday claimed arresting two proclaimed offenders. Police sources said that Khan Afsar and his brother Sher Bahadar were wanted by Mansehra police in many cases of heinous nature including the murder of six people in Danna area.
The sources said the district police sent a team to Dera Ghazi Khan after receiving information about the presence of the outlaws there. A raid was conducted jointly by the Elite Force of Punjab and Mansehra police on a hotel in Dera Ghazi Khan and the accused were nabbed and shifted to Mansehra. The accused were reportedly planning to shift to Afghanistan from Dera Ghazi Khan.
Four persons including father and son were shot dead in Mandakhel area in the limits of Bilitang Police Station here Monday, police said.
Lodging a case with the police, Muhammad Ishfaq said his father, Raees Khan, brother Sanaullah and two cousins Abdul Ghaffar and Sheharyar were on way home from the mosque after ‘Isha prayers’ when the gunmen opened fire on them.
Raees Khan and his son Sanaullah were killed on the spot while two others sustained critical injuries. The injured were transported to the District Headquarters Hospital Kohat where they succumbed to injuries. The motive behind the incident could not be ascertained.
Two POs held in Mansehra: The police here Tuesday claimed arresting two proclaimed offenders. Police sources said that Khan Afsar and his brother Sher Bahadar were wanted by Mansehra police in many cases of heinous nature including the murder of six people in Danna area.
The sources said the district police sent a team to Dera Ghazi Khan after receiving information about the presence of the outlaws there. A raid was conducted jointly by the Elite Force of Punjab and Mansehra police on a hotel in Dera Ghazi Khan and the accused were nabbed and shifted to Mansehra. The accused were reportedly planning to shift to Afghanistan from Dera Ghazi Khan.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Two killed in Karak on land dispute
Source Daily Mashriq
In Latambar village of Karak two people were killed due to a dispute on cutting of trees. According to details from Karak district latambar village two tribes akarwall and latambar have dispute on land having trees due to which firing starts and it last for several hours. Due to this firing one Zahid son of Akbar Jan resident of Latambar and other Yaqoob son of Gulab Khan resident of kamali banda died on the spot. The firing stops after the arrival of area police.
In Latambar village of Karak two people were killed due to a dispute on cutting of trees. According to details from Karak district latambar village two tribes akarwall and latambar have dispute on land having trees due to which firing starts and it last for several hours. Due to this firing one Zahid son of Akbar Jan resident of Latambar and other Yaqoob son of Gulab Khan resident of kamali banda died on the spot. The firing stops after the arrival of area police.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Militant held after fierce clash in Hangu
Source Dawn
A top commander of Orakzai Taliban was arrested and an explosives-laden van prepared for carrying out a suicide attack on a military convoy seized in a joint raid on a house in Doaba area of Hangu after a fierce battle with terrorists on Saturday.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) local commander Abu Bakr was arrested in injured condition along with his two accomplices Anwar and Hafiz Saeed Gul, owner of the house, after six hours long operation.
Deputy inspector general of police, Kohat region, Muhammad Masood Afridi told Dawn that the suicide vehicle was loaded with explosives to strike a military convoy, which was scheduled to move from Kohat to Thall on Saturday.
Regional head of the bomb disposal squad Muhammad Akbar Khan said that the explosives were attached to multiple ignition systems. He said that the bomb disposal squad recovered 300 kilogrammes of explosives, five gallons of petrol, three gas cylinders, three rockets, five mortars and five land mines. Every cavity of the vehicle was cleverly filled with explosives, he added.
The explosives and gadgets fixed in the pick-up van (DN4236) were carefully dismantled by a team of experts, the BDS head said.
Acting on a tip-off given by the intelligence agencies, the military and police raided a house, owned by Hafiz Saeed Gul, in Maroofi Banda area in the jurisdiction of Doaba police station. SHO Doaba police Gulzar Khan told this correspondent that the forces cordoned off the whole area and asked the suspects to surrender,but they instead opened firing which was duly returned by them.
He said that in the six-hour battle three militants were injured and later arrested while trying to flee towards the nearby mountains. He said that the SSR pick-up van that was reportedly prepared for a suicide strike was also seized from the house.
The SHO said that the search operation was still in progress in the area for the arrest of other accomplices of the arrested militants. Meanwhile, the vehicle was being shifted to a secret place amid tight security from Doaba to Hangu.
A top commander of Orakzai Taliban was arrested and an explosives-laden van prepared for carrying out a suicide attack on a military convoy seized in a joint raid on a house in Doaba area of Hangu after a fierce battle with terrorists on Saturday.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) local commander Abu Bakr was arrested in injured condition along with his two accomplices Anwar and Hafiz Saeed Gul, owner of the house, after six hours long operation.
Deputy inspector general of police, Kohat region, Muhammad Masood Afridi told Dawn that the suicide vehicle was loaded with explosives to strike a military convoy, which was scheduled to move from Kohat to Thall on Saturday.
Regional head of the bomb disposal squad Muhammad Akbar Khan said that the explosives were attached to multiple ignition systems. He said that the bomb disposal squad recovered 300 kilogrammes of explosives, five gallons of petrol, three gas cylinders, three rockets, five mortars and five land mines. Every cavity of the vehicle was cleverly filled with explosives, he added.
The explosives and gadgets fixed in the pick-up van (DN4236) were carefully dismantled by a team of experts, the BDS head said.
Acting on a tip-off given by the intelligence agencies, the military and police raided a house, owned by Hafiz Saeed Gul, in Maroofi Banda area in the jurisdiction of Doaba police station. SHO Doaba police Gulzar Khan told this correspondent that the forces cordoned off the whole area and asked the suspects to surrender,but they instead opened firing which was duly returned by them.
He said that in the six-hour battle three militants were injured and later arrested while trying to flee towards the nearby mountains. He said that the SSR pick-up van that was reportedly prepared for a suicide strike was also seized from the house.
The SHO said that the search operation was still in progress in the area for the arrest of other accomplices of the arrested militants. Meanwhile, the vehicle was being shifted to a secret place amid tight security from Doaba to Hangu.
Village house located near police lines explode due to gas leakage in Kohat
Source The Nation
A village house located near police lines of Kohat exploded due to gas leakage, injuring a woman.
The explosion took place in the house of one Waseem Ahmad, after it was filled with gas, which injured one sleeping woman, Yasmeen and her 7-year old daughter Saania and another 12-year daughter Roohana. The injured have been shifted to district hospital Kohat.
A village house located near police lines of Kohat exploded due to gas leakage, injuring a woman.
The explosion took place in the house of one Waseem Ahmad, after it was filled with gas, which injured one sleeping woman, Yasmeen and her 7-year old daughter Saania and another 12-year daughter Roohana. The injured have been shifted to district hospital Kohat.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Women protest low gas pressure
Source Dawn
A large number of women on Tuesday blocked the main city road to protest against suspension and low pressure of gas in KDA Town.
Enraged by suspension of gas in the morning and persistent low pressure for several weeks the women gathered outside the town and blocked the main city road for about an hour.
When DSP Ehsanullah reached there for negotiations the protesters insisted that they wanted the SNGPL officials to come and give them assurance that gas load shedding would be ended soon. The police brought the SNGPL officials who promised to solve the problem of low pressure within 15 days. Afterwards, the women ended their protest.
The protesting women complained that their children and spouses had been going to schools and offices without breakfast for the last few days.
The women said that they had to buy food from hotels for breakfast and dinner because they could not cook at home due to the low gas pressure.
Earlier, an emergency meeting of Kotal Welfare Organisation (KWO) was held in a mosque of Sector 4 of KDA, which issued a two-day deadline to the SNGPL for resolving the issue of low gas pressure.
A large number of women on Tuesday blocked the main city road to protest against suspension and low pressure of gas in KDA Town.
Enraged by suspension of gas in the morning and persistent low pressure for several weeks the women gathered outside the town and blocked the main city road for about an hour.
When DSP Ehsanullah reached there for negotiations the protesters insisted that they wanted the SNGPL officials to come and give them assurance that gas load shedding would be ended soon. The police brought the SNGPL officials who promised to solve the problem of low pressure within 15 days. Afterwards, the women ended their protest.
The protesting women complained that their children and spouses had been going to schools and offices without breakfast for the last few days.
The women said that they had to buy food from hotels for breakfast and dinner because they could not cook at home due to the low gas pressure.
Earlier, an emergency meeting of Kotal Welfare Organisation (KWO) was held in a mosque of Sector 4 of KDA, which issued a two-day deadline to the SNGPL for resolving the issue of low gas pressure.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Oil company official, 10 tribesmen kidnapped
Source Dawn
Unidentified persons kidnapped a senior official of a foreign oil exploring company in Hangu district on Tuesday while militants abducted at least 10 tribesmen in Orakzai Agency. Officials said that Fayaz Khattak, a senior official of Hungarian company MOL, was travelling near an exploration point when unidentified armed men kidnapped him along with his driver, Said Kalam, and vehicle.
Police found the vehicle abandoned in Chamba Gul area. Hangu police told Dawn by telephone that a police team was inspecting the scene form where the vehicle was recovered.
DIG Mohammad Masood Afridi told this correspondent that a team headed by Hangu district police officer had been constituted to investigate the incident.
To a question, he said that Taliban were not involved in the case and a group of local proclaimed offenders seemed to have kidnapped the official and his driver for ransom. He hoped that the kidnapped persons would be recovered soon. “The vehicle has automatic lock system but police are trying to open it and bring it back. The FIR of kidnapping case will be registered upon the arrival of MOL officials and the police team,” he added.
The MOL had huge stakes in the region where it was engaged in successful explorations of oil and gas for more than a decade in Tall Block. It operates four oil and gas wells — Manzali-1, Manzali-2 and Manzali-3 and Makori-1– in Tall block of Karak district where it started its operations in 1999.
In the second incident, militants kidnapped at least 10 tribesmen in central tehsil area of Orakzai Agency and shifted them to an undisclosed location on Monday.
Sources said that militants attacked a vehicle of local tribesmen, who had recently returned to the area from an IDP camp, and whisked away at least 10 people. Officials said that the kidnapping incident had been reported to the higher authorities.
Mohammad Nazir, Noor Khan and other elders of Meshti tribe told journalists that the tribesmen would be forced to go back to IDP camps if government failed to provide them security. They said that Meshti tribesmen would be compelled to once again leave their homes as militants were continuously attacking them.
The leader of Orakzai Qaumi Lashkar, Salamat Orakzai, said that security forces were playing the role of silent spectator in the face of continuous attacks on tribesmen, who returned from IDP camps. Militants had incurred huge losses on the lashkar, which was formed at the behest of security forces, but government failed to give them any support, he added.
Unidentified persons kidnapped a senior official of a foreign oil exploring company in Hangu district on Tuesday while militants abducted at least 10 tribesmen in Orakzai Agency. Officials said that Fayaz Khattak, a senior official of Hungarian company MOL, was travelling near an exploration point when unidentified armed men kidnapped him along with his driver, Said Kalam, and vehicle.
Police found the vehicle abandoned in Chamba Gul area. Hangu police told Dawn by telephone that a police team was inspecting the scene form where the vehicle was recovered.
DIG Mohammad Masood Afridi told this correspondent that a team headed by Hangu district police officer had been constituted to investigate the incident.
To a question, he said that Taliban were not involved in the case and a group of local proclaimed offenders seemed to have kidnapped the official and his driver for ransom. He hoped that the kidnapped persons would be recovered soon. “The vehicle has automatic lock system but police are trying to open it and bring it back. The FIR of kidnapping case will be registered upon the arrival of MOL officials and the police team,” he added.
The MOL had huge stakes in the region where it was engaged in successful explorations of oil and gas for more than a decade in Tall Block. It operates four oil and gas wells — Manzali-1, Manzali-2 and Manzali-3 and Makori-1– in Tall block of Karak district where it started its operations in 1999.
In the second incident, militants kidnapped at least 10 tribesmen in central tehsil area of Orakzai Agency and shifted them to an undisclosed location on Monday.
Sources said that militants attacked a vehicle of local tribesmen, who had recently returned to the area from an IDP camp, and whisked away at least 10 people. Officials said that the kidnapping incident had been reported to the higher authorities.
Mohammad Nazir, Noor Khan and other elders of Meshti tribe told journalists that the tribesmen would be forced to go back to IDP camps if government failed to provide them security. They said that Meshti tribesmen would be compelled to once again leave their homes as militants were continuously attacking them.
The leader of Orakzai Qaumi Lashkar, Salamat Orakzai, said that security forces were playing the role of silent spectator in the face of continuous attacks on tribesmen, who returned from IDP camps. Militants had incurred huge losses on the lashkar, which was formed at the behest of security forces, but government failed to give them any support, he added.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Two students charged with cyber crime in Kohat
Source Dawn
Two college students missing since October from Kohat have been formally charged by the Federal Investigation Agency for sharing information about the chief justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan with an Indian hacker, officials and parents told Dawn on Monday.
The cyber crime wing of the FIA has registered a case against Saim Ali Shah, son of Zulfiqar Ali Shah, and Salal Ali Shah, son of Sajid Ali Shah, in the Rawalpindi circle under Sections 419, 420, 468 and 41 of Pakistan Penal Code and the ATO of cyber crimes.
A special unit of FIA, Rawalpindi, had conducted a raid on a house in Garhi Banoorian on October 13, 2010 and whisked away both the cousins along with their computers and CDs without informing the local police and their parents.
When contacted, Mr Zulfiqar told this scribe that his son and nephew had developed friendship on net with an Indian national in August who told them that he had hacked the official website of the SC and ridiculed the Pakistani security agencies for poor safety system.
“Being immature and unaware of the consequences our children put their photographs on the hacked official website sent to them by their Indian friend. This came into the notice of SC registrar who informed the concerned quarters about the incident, which led to their arrest from Kohat on October 1,” Mr Zulfiqar said.
Salal and Saim, a second and third year students respectively, had bought a new laptop and computer systems, which the FIA officials took with them for investigation, Mr Zulfiqar said and hoped that the children would be spared by the court because they were misguided by the Indian hacker.
Two college students missing since October from Kohat have been formally charged by the Federal Investigation Agency for sharing information about the chief justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan with an Indian hacker, officials and parents told Dawn on Monday.
The cyber crime wing of the FIA has registered a case against Saim Ali Shah, son of Zulfiqar Ali Shah, and Salal Ali Shah, son of Sajid Ali Shah, in the Rawalpindi circle under Sections 419, 420, 468 and 41 of Pakistan Penal Code and the ATO of cyber crimes.
A special unit of FIA, Rawalpindi, had conducted a raid on a house in Garhi Banoorian on October 13, 2010 and whisked away both the cousins along with their computers and CDs without informing the local police and their parents.
When contacted, Mr Zulfiqar told this scribe that his son and nephew had developed friendship on net with an Indian national in August who told them that he had hacked the official website of the SC and ridiculed the Pakistani security agencies for poor safety system.
“Being immature and unaware of the consequences our children put their photographs on the hacked official website sent to them by their Indian friend. This came into the notice of SC registrar who informed the concerned quarters about the incident, which led to their arrest from Kohat on October 1,” Mr Zulfiqar said.
Salal and Saim, a second and third year students respectively, had bought a new laptop and computer systems, which the FIA officials took with them for investigation, Mr Zulfiqar said and hoped that the children would be spared by the court because they were misguided by the Indian hacker.
MOL holds free eye camp in Kohat
Source Pakistan Observer
In line with its policy of providing health care facilities to underprivileged communities especially in its operation areas of MOL Pakistan, the Community Development Department organized a one-day free eye testing and medical camp at Gurguri in collaboration with Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Kohat.
The camp received massive response from the local community and was highly appreciated by the district administration and local elders. Community elders recalled the massive great support MOL Pakistan had been extending and held that it had always contributed to society through various developmental activities for the welfare of communities in Pakistan in general and in its TAL Block in particular.
Before commencement of day-long activity, a planning meeting was held with District Administration, Management of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital and local elders in keeping them abreast of the development and chalk out strategy to extract maximum benefits for the patients. Besides sponsoring the activity, MOL Pakistan also provided logistic support to the patients. Local community had already been informed of free Eye Camp through print media, banners, and loud speakers for the last few days.
Medical team comprising 2 specialist doctors and 4 paramedical staff from AL- Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Kohat provided free check up to the patients. Moreover, the field doctor from Manzalai Gas Plant Clinic of MOL Pakistan also facilitated and monitored the activity
In line with its policy of providing health care facilities to underprivileged communities especially in its operation areas of MOL Pakistan, the Community Development Department organized a one-day free eye testing and medical camp at Gurguri in collaboration with Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Kohat.
The camp received massive response from the local community and was highly appreciated by the district administration and local elders. Community elders recalled the massive great support MOL Pakistan had been extending and held that it had always contributed to society through various developmental activities for the welfare of communities in Pakistan in general and in its TAL Block in particular.
Before commencement of day-long activity, a planning meeting was held with District Administration, Management of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital and local elders in keeping them abreast of the development and chalk out strategy to extract maximum benefits for the patients. Besides sponsoring the activity, MOL Pakistan also provided logistic support to the patients. Local community had already been informed of free Eye Camp through print media, banners, and loud speakers for the last few days.
Medical team comprising 2 specialist doctors and 4 paramedical staff from AL- Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Kohat provided free check up to the patients. Moreover, the field doctor from Manzalai Gas Plant Clinic of MOL Pakistan also facilitated and monitored the activity
Hangu elders asked to enforce peace agreement
Source Dawn
Commissioner Khalid Khan Umerzai on Thursday urged the clerics and elders from Hangu district to set aside all political and sectarian differences for brining stability to the restive war-torn region.
He was speaking to a jirga of Sunni supreme council and elders belonging to Hangu district here at his office. He asked them to fully enforce the joint peace agreement reached between both the sects last year.
Mr Umerzai said that worsening law and order situation in any part would have negative impacts for the whole country. He said that it was the responsibility of clerics and elders to preach harmony and shun their differences for creation of peaceful environment for the coming generations.
He said that solution of all religious and tribal issues was possible through jirga system which needed to be strengthened. The commissioner requested the clerics and elders to take him into confidence concerning their reservations, if any, about the Muharram processions` routes and security so that everything could be amicably solved.
They also reviewed security arrangements for Muharram in the whole region in the aftermath of the Wednesday`s suicide blast in Kohat and felt the need for increased joint patrolling in sensitive parts of Kohat and Hangu districts.
The commissioner directed the Hangu administration to immediately ban the entry of Afghan refugees in the city limits and search all vehicles and people travelling between Orakzai Agency and Hangu.
Commissioner Khalid Khan Umerzai on Thursday urged the clerics and elders from Hangu district to set aside all political and sectarian differences for brining stability to the restive war-torn region.
He was speaking to a jirga of Sunni supreme council and elders belonging to Hangu district here at his office. He asked them to fully enforce the joint peace agreement reached between both the sects last year.
Mr Umerzai said that worsening law and order situation in any part would have negative impacts for the whole country. He said that it was the responsibility of clerics and elders to preach harmony and shun their differences for creation of peaceful environment for the coming generations.
He said that solution of all religious and tribal issues was possible through jirga system which needed to be strengthened. The commissioner requested the clerics and elders to take him into confidence concerning their reservations, if any, about the Muharram processions` routes and security so that everything could be amicably solved.
They also reviewed security arrangements for Muharram in the whole region in the aftermath of the Wednesday`s suicide blast in Kohat and felt the need for increased joint patrolling in sensitive parts of Kohat and Hangu districts.
The commissioner directed the Hangu administration to immediately ban the entry of Afghan refugees in the city limits and search all vehicles and people travelling between Orakzai Agency and Hangu.
The Kohat Attack on Bus
Source The News
The suicide attack on a bus – with mostly Shia passengers aboard – as it prepared to pull out from the crowded Tirah Bazaar in Kohat for the Orakzai Agency is a reminder of just how difficult it is to vanquish sectarian hatred. Only days ago Shia and Sunni tribal elders had reached an agreement to end bloodshed which has claimed hundreds of lives. Eighteen people died in the suicide bombing carried out by a child who a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister is said to have described as no more than 14 years old. Another 32 were injured. The bomber too is a victim of circumstances that have led to teenagers being brainwashed and then sent out to commit the most evil deeds, often in the name of religion. We do not know precisely what lies they are told and what propaganda they are fed – but it is not hard to imagine. The military has already established one institution for rehabilitating such bombers and other youngsters recruited by the militants. We need many more such centres and also an operation to rescue future bombers who still remain in the clutches of the Taliban and other groups engaged in violence.
This latest attack of course comes just as the month of Muharram begins. It is tragic that a month holy to all Muslims should have turned into an occasion when so many lives are lost. There is a need of course to review security across the country so that further bloodshed can be avoided. But there is a need also to do more. One question we should be asking is why our intelligence agencies have not been more successful in infiltrating the various terrorist outfits and gaining access to their power structures. This is essential both to pick up information of what is planned and to work towards the dismantling of groups that have created so much mayhem. We must also dismantle what they preach. Sectarian hatred is now common in many places. The killing of innocent people is an outcome of this. We need then to rekindle a spirit of tolerance, to persuade people that they must accept diversity of all kinds and learn to coexist. A strategy towards this end must be devised.
The suicide attack on a bus – with mostly Shia passengers aboard – as it prepared to pull out from the crowded Tirah Bazaar in Kohat for the Orakzai Agency is a reminder of just how difficult it is to vanquish sectarian hatred. Only days ago Shia and Sunni tribal elders had reached an agreement to end bloodshed which has claimed hundreds of lives. Eighteen people died in the suicide bombing carried out by a child who a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister is said to have described as no more than 14 years old. Another 32 were injured. The bomber too is a victim of circumstances that have led to teenagers being brainwashed and then sent out to commit the most evil deeds, often in the name of religion. We do not know precisely what lies they are told and what propaganda they are fed – but it is not hard to imagine. The military has already established one institution for rehabilitating such bombers and other youngsters recruited by the militants. We need many more such centres and also an operation to rescue future bombers who still remain in the clutches of the Taliban and other groups engaged in violence.
This latest attack of course comes just as the month of Muharram begins. It is tragic that a month holy to all Muslims should have turned into an occasion when so many lives are lost. There is a need of course to review security across the country so that further bloodshed can be avoided. But there is a need also to do more. One question we should be asking is why our intelligence agencies have not been more successful in infiltrating the various terrorist outfits and gaining access to their power structures. This is essential both to pick up information of what is planned and to work towards the dismantling of groups that have created so much mayhem. We must also dismantle what they preach. Sectarian hatred is now common in many places. The killing of innocent people is an outcome of this. We need then to rekindle a spirit of tolerance, to persuade people that they must accept diversity of all kinds and learn to coexist. A strategy towards this end must be devised.
Kohat police foils terrorism bid
Souree The Nation
Kohat police have foiled a comprehensive plan of terrorist’s activity while confiscated explosive laden vehicle here in Kohat on Saturday.
According to details, an explosive loaded vehicle was trying to enter in Kohat city when Bannu police stopped vehicle at Bannu gate check post for checking purpose, while checking the vehicle, about 1000 kilogram explosive material was recovered.
DIG Kohat Masood Afridi told that Kohat police have arrested the terrorists while recovered about 1000 kilogram explosive material from their possession, he added that police have started search operation in the area after confiscating explosive vehicle, wherein the arrested terrorists were sent to some unknown place for investigation.
Kohat police have foiled a comprehensive plan of terrorist’s activity while confiscated explosive laden vehicle here in Kohat on Saturday.
According to details, an explosive loaded vehicle was trying to enter in Kohat city when Bannu police stopped vehicle at Bannu gate check post for checking purpose, while checking the vehicle, about 1000 kilogram explosive material was recovered.
DIG Kohat Masood Afridi told that Kohat police have arrested the terrorists while recovered about 1000 kilogram explosive material from their possession, he added that police have started search operation in the area after confiscating explosive vehicle, wherein the arrested terrorists were sent to some unknown place for investigation.
Rs 10m grant announced for Cadet College Kohat
Source Online
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Engineer Muhammad Humayun Khan while announcing a grant of Rs. 10 million to the Cadet College, Kohat for continuing its constructive activities has affirmed his commitment that he would extend full support in the finalization of Hanif Khan Multi-Media IT Block and latest computerized library in the CCK.
He was addressing as chief guest the annual parents day function at the Cadet College, Kohat on Saturday. A large number of old Kohatians and parents of the cadets were present on the occasion. The provincial finance minister said he was very much proud of being a Kohatian and greatly commended the best academic record, exemplary discipline and better performance of the CCK. He said the smart and active cadets and their live activities touched him the most. He said the smart turn out, horse show, archary, gymnastics and scientific models proved that the CCK excel others.
The finance minister said to cope with the financial crisis and completion of the developmental projects in the CCK, the provincial government had taken many steps in this connection. He said during the last two years the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had released Rs. 44 million to the CCK and Rs. 5 million to the Kohatians Foundation. He said the annual grant of the CCK which was abolished in 2001 was not only restored but also enhanced to Rs. 20 million per annum.
The minister finance especially expressed gratitude to the provincial Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti in giving approval to grants for the CCK so generously.
Principal of the college, Brig. (Retd) Inamul Haq presented welcome address and threw light on the past academic distinctions of the Cadet College, Kohat. Earlier, the cadets presented different items which were greatly appreciated by the audience. Later, the minister distributed shields, gold medals and trophies among the distinguished cadets. He also laid the foundation stone of the Hanif Khan Memorial Multi Media IT Block and latest computerized library. The minister was also briefed on the structure and design of the project.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Engineer Muhammad Humayun Khan while announcing a grant of Rs. 10 million to the Cadet College, Kohat for continuing its constructive activities has affirmed his commitment that he would extend full support in the finalization of Hanif Khan Multi-Media IT Block and latest computerized library in the CCK.
He was addressing as chief guest the annual parents day function at the Cadet College, Kohat on Saturday. A large number of old Kohatians and parents of the cadets were present on the occasion. The provincial finance minister said he was very much proud of being a Kohatian and greatly commended the best academic record, exemplary discipline and better performance of the CCK. He said the smart and active cadets and their live activities touched him the most. He said the smart turn out, horse show, archary, gymnastics and scientific models proved that the CCK excel others.
The finance minister said to cope with the financial crisis and completion of the developmental projects in the CCK, the provincial government had taken many steps in this connection. He said during the last two years the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had released Rs. 44 million to the CCK and Rs. 5 million to the Kohatians Foundation. He said the annual grant of the CCK which was abolished in 2001 was not only restored but also enhanced to Rs. 20 million per annum.
The minister finance especially expressed gratitude to the provincial Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti in giving approval to grants for the CCK so generously.
Principal of the college, Brig. (Retd) Inamul Haq presented welcome address and threw light on the past academic distinctions of the Cadet College, Kohat. Earlier, the cadets presented different items which were greatly appreciated by the audience. Later, the minister distributed shields, gold medals and trophies among the distinguished cadets. He also laid the foundation stone of the Hanif Khan Memorial Multi Media IT Block and latest computerized library. The minister was also briefed on the structure and design of the project.
Zuljinnah processions end peacefully in Kohat
Source Dawn
The mourners’ processions on Tuesday passed through main Kohat bazaar peacefully amid foolproof security arrangements.
The federal government had declared 11 Imambargahs out of 38 and 11 mosques as most sensitive in Kohat district which are being guarded round the clock by police.
Three processions were taken out from Rizvia Imambargah, Bannu bazaar, Qaumi Imambargah, Sangerh and Said Habib Imambargah, lower Sangerh in the Kohat city. The three processions converged at Zargaran bazaar chowk where speakers highlighted the sacrifices made by the family of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS).
Then the procession after passing through tehsil gate and old Hindu Mohallah culminated at Said Habib Imambargah.
There was a curfew like situation in the main city where bazaars remained closed. The people especially the patients had to face hardship while moving out of the city which had been sealed by the volunteers and the police till 3pm on Tuesday.
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kohat region, Mohammad Masood Afridi conducted regular visits of the route of the procession to check the alertness of the security forces.
The mourners’ processions on Tuesday passed through main Kohat bazaar peacefully amid foolproof security arrangements.
The federal government had declared 11 Imambargahs out of 38 and 11 mosques as most sensitive in Kohat district which are being guarded round the clock by police.
Three processions were taken out from Rizvia Imambargah, Bannu bazaar, Qaumi Imambargah, Sangerh and Said Habib Imambargah, lower Sangerh in the Kohat city. The three processions converged at Zargaran bazaar chowk where speakers highlighted the sacrifices made by the family of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS).
Then the procession after passing through tehsil gate and old Hindu Mohallah culminated at Said Habib Imambargah.
There was a curfew like situation in the main city where bazaars remained closed. The people especially the patients had to face hardship while moving out of the city which had been sealed by the volunteers and the police till 3pm on Tuesday.
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kohat region, Mohammad Masood Afridi conducted regular visits of the route of the procession to check the alertness of the security forces.
bomb attack on CD shop in Lachi bazar
Nine persons were injured in a bomb blast at a CD shop in Lachi Bazaar of Kohat district on Tuesday.
Police said that militants had planted a time device outside the CD shop near Tehsil Municipal Office in Lachi Bazaar. The device went off and destroyed the shop completely, they said.
They said that at least nine persons received injuries in the blast, which created panic in the busy bazaar, situated on Indus Highway.
The owner of the shop, Abdur Rehman, who was seriously injured in the blast, was shifted to KDA hospital along with other victims.
The bomb disposal squad said that an improvised explosive device weighing about four kilograms was used in the blast.
This was the second blast in Lachi where militants have been issuing life threats to the owners of CD shops since long.
Police said that militants had planted a time device outside the CD shop near Tehsil Municipal Office in Lachi Bazaar. The device went off and destroyed the shop completely, they said.
They said that at least nine persons received injuries in the blast, which created panic in the busy bazaar, situated on Indus Highway.
The owner of the shop, Abdur Rehman, who was seriously injured in the blast, was shifted to KDA hospital along with other victims.
The bomb disposal squad said that an improvised explosive device weighing about four kilograms was used in the blast.
This was the second blast in Lachi where militants have been issuing life threats to the owners of CD shops since long.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Passenger van blown up: 18 die in Kohat suicide blast
Source Dawn
Eighteen people were killed and 32 others injured when a suicide bomber blew up a passenger van at a bus stand in the busy Teerah bazaar here on Wednesday.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
The blast took place at around 1.50pm when people were returning home in Lower Orakzai Agency from the bazaar. The explosion damaged 11 other vehicles.
The police media cell said the suicide bomber appeared to be 18 to 20 years old and his jacket contained six kilograms of explosives.
The van caught fire after the blast and passengers suffered fatal burn injuries. The vehicle packed with passengers was about to leave for And Khel in Lower Orakzai when the bomber struck, Gul Haider, an eyewitness, told this correspondent.
“I came to Kohat for shopping and just crossed the vehicle after placing goods in a pick-up parked at the bus stand. I saw parts of human body scattered all around and people running for safety,” he added.
The manager of the bus stand said that the blast also killed or injured some passengers in a nearby vehicle bound for Kalaya.
Security personnel cordoned off the area and tightened security at all the points of entry into Kohat and Hangu districts.
Police said they had found the head and legs of the suicide bomber and sent them to Peshawar for DNA tests.
The bodies and the injured were taken to the KDA Divisional Headquarters Hospital and Women and Children Hospital. Two women and a child were among the injured.
The deceased were identified as Ali Hassan, Janan Ali, Raza Ali, Hassan Ali, Zakat Ali, Syed Gul Hassan, Ali Mohammad, Bahar Ali, Shaiwan Ali, Mir Jan Ali, Syed Ameer Imam, Tazeem Ali, Mir Had Ali, Noor Rehman Jan, Javed Ali, Saqib Ali, Bakht Jamal and Abdul Aziz.
The injured are: Malik Rehman, Irshad Ali, Elham Ali, Ajmer Ali, Ashiq Ali, Ms Samina, Ms Takhmina, Gul Mekh, Hassan Faqeer, Aukhar Gul, Mirza Ali, Maweez Khan, Noor Hassan Shah, Mir Hassan, Rasheed Ali, Said Noor, Ansar Ali, Raz Hussain, Asim Raza, Abad Ali, Habib Raza, Noor Khatma (minor girl), Basheer Ali, Ismail, Naushad Ali, Jumma Gul, Ali Noor, Gul Wali, Ramzan Ali, Mir Azam, Mir Haider Hussain and Naatullah.
Kohat division commissioner Khalid Khan Umerzai said: “We have 197,000 internally displaced people in Kohat. I have sent more than 4,400 families over the past four days to Orakzai Agency, but their presence in such a large number is an imminent threat to security.” Dawn
Usman Ali, a spokesman for the TTP Kohat division, told on telephone: “One of our fidayeen has carried out the attack. I cannot disclose his name at this stage. I can only confirm that my superiors ordered the attack.”
It was second such attack at the bus stand over the past seven months. Two people were killed when a bomb exploded inside the office of the bus stand manager on June 1.
Eighteen people were killed and 32 others injured when a suicide bomber blew up a passenger van at a bus stand in the busy Teerah bazaar here on Wednesday.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
The blast took place at around 1.50pm when people were returning home in Lower Orakzai Agency from the bazaar. The explosion damaged 11 other vehicles.
The police media cell said the suicide bomber appeared to be 18 to 20 years old and his jacket contained six kilograms of explosives.
The van caught fire after the blast and passengers suffered fatal burn injuries. The vehicle packed with passengers was about to leave for And Khel in Lower Orakzai when the bomber struck, Gul Haider, an eyewitness, told this correspondent.
“I came to Kohat for shopping and just crossed the vehicle after placing goods in a pick-up parked at the bus stand. I saw parts of human body scattered all around and people running for safety,” he added.
The manager of the bus stand said that the blast also killed or injured some passengers in a nearby vehicle bound for Kalaya.
Security personnel cordoned off the area and tightened security at all the points of entry into Kohat and Hangu districts.
Police said they had found the head and legs of the suicide bomber and sent them to Peshawar for DNA tests.
The bodies and the injured were taken to the KDA Divisional Headquarters Hospital and Women and Children Hospital. Two women and a child were among the injured.
The deceased were identified as Ali Hassan, Janan Ali, Raza Ali, Hassan Ali, Zakat Ali, Syed Gul Hassan, Ali Mohammad, Bahar Ali, Shaiwan Ali, Mir Jan Ali, Syed Ameer Imam, Tazeem Ali, Mir Had Ali, Noor Rehman Jan, Javed Ali, Saqib Ali, Bakht Jamal and Abdul Aziz.
The injured are: Malik Rehman, Irshad Ali, Elham Ali, Ajmer Ali, Ashiq Ali, Ms Samina, Ms Takhmina, Gul Mekh, Hassan Faqeer, Aukhar Gul, Mirza Ali, Maweez Khan, Noor Hassan Shah, Mir Hassan, Rasheed Ali, Said Noor, Ansar Ali, Raz Hussain, Asim Raza, Abad Ali, Habib Raza, Noor Khatma (minor girl), Basheer Ali, Ismail, Naushad Ali, Jumma Gul, Ali Noor, Gul Wali, Ramzan Ali, Mir Azam, Mir Haider Hussain and Naatullah.
Kohat division commissioner Khalid Khan Umerzai said: “We have 197,000 internally displaced people in Kohat. I have sent more than 4,400 families over the past four days to Orakzai Agency, but their presence in such a large number is an imminent threat to security.” Dawn
Usman Ali, a spokesman for the TTP Kohat division, told on telephone: “One of our fidayeen has carried out the attack. I cannot disclose his name at this stage. I can only confirm that my superiors ordered the attack.”
It was second such attack at the bus stand over the past seven months. Two people were killed when a bomb exploded inside the office of the bus stand manager on June 1.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Miltants injured in Kohat
Source The Dawn
In Kohat, at least two persons were injured when militants targeted a passenger vehicle carrying volunteers of a tribal lashkar to Paya Jawaki from Bilitang with a remote controlled bomb on Wednesday.
Eyewitnesses said that a remote controlled explosive device exploded when the vehicle crossed Government High School Bilitang.
They said that terrorists used an improvised explosive device, attached to a mortar shell planted on a bicycle, in the attack. Two tribesmen identified as Fazal Rehman and Fazal Raheem, residents of Paya area of FR Kohat, sustained injuries while the vehicle was slightly damaged. The tribesmen of FR Kohat have raised an armed lashkar to expel militants, coming from Darra Adamkhel to attack security forces and police on Rawalpindi Road in Kohat.
In Kohat, at least two persons were injured when militants targeted a passenger vehicle carrying volunteers of a tribal lashkar to Paya Jawaki from Bilitang with a remote controlled bomb on Wednesday.
Eyewitnesses said that a remote controlled explosive device exploded when the vehicle crossed Government High School Bilitang.
They said that terrorists used an improvised explosive device, attached to a mortar shell planted on a bicycle, in the attack. Two tribesmen identified as Fazal Rehman and Fazal Raheem, residents of Paya area of FR Kohat, sustained injuries while the vehicle was slightly damaged. The tribesmen of FR Kohat have raised an armed lashkar to expel militants, coming from Darra Adamkhel to attack security forces and police on Rawalpindi Road in Kohat.
Reconstruction of road in oil-rich Shakardarra urged
Source The Dawn
The elders and transporters of oil and gas-rich Shakardarra town here have demanded early reconstruction and widening of Karrappa road, which has been badly damaged by heavy oil-carrying vehicles.
Speaking at a protest meeting of transporters here on Thursday, a local leader of Jamaat-i-Islami, Asghar Khattak, said that the government was earning billions of rupees from the oil and gas resources of Shakardarra town, but it along with the Oil and Gas Development Company had been ignoring this area in development projects.
He regretted that even potable water was not available in Shakardarra. He demanded of the government to immediately start reconstruction of the Shakardarra-Karrappa road and give this inter-provincial road a status of national highway.
He claimed that the road was being ruined by heavy vehicles transporting 13,000 barrels of oil daily to Punjab since 2003-2004.
FUNDS FOR FR KOHAT: The government will allocate huge funds for Frontier Region of Kohat in the 2010-2011 budget for developing this neglected tribal area, said Kohat DCO Shahidullah Khan, who also holds the additional charge of political agent of this region.
Mr Khan was chairing a meeting here to finalise spots for various development schemes.
He said that the government wanted to bring the FR Kohat at par with other developed tribal areas. Representatives of line departments were also present at the meeting.
He directed the officials to start work on the development projects sanctioned in the communication, agriculture, health, literacy and irrigation sectors so that tribesmen could benefit from them.
LEAVES BANNED: The Kohat divisional administration has put a ban on leaves of staff of all government departments from 5th to 11th of Muharramul Harram.
According to a notification on Thursday, Commissioner Kohat Khalid Khan Umerzai also ordered for establishment of five control rooms in Kohat, Hangu, Orakzai Agency and Kurram Agency to monitor law and order situation during Muharram.
The elders and transporters of oil and gas-rich Shakardarra town here have demanded early reconstruction and widening of Karrappa road, which has been badly damaged by heavy oil-carrying vehicles.
Speaking at a protest meeting of transporters here on Thursday, a local leader of Jamaat-i-Islami, Asghar Khattak, said that the government was earning billions of rupees from the oil and gas resources of Shakardarra town, but it along with the Oil and Gas Development Company had been ignoring this area in development projects.
He regretted that even potable water was not available in Shakardarra. He demanded of the government to immediately start reconstruction of the Shakardarra-Karrappa road and give this inter-provincial road a status of national highway.
He claimed that the road was being ruined by heavy vehicles transporting 13,000 barrels of oil daily to Punjab since 2003-2004.
FUNDS FOR FR KOHAT: The government will allocate huge funds for Frontier Region of Kohat in the 2010-2011 budget for developing this neglected tribal area, said Kohat DCO Shahidullah Khan, who also holds the additional charge of political agent of this region.
Mr Khan was chairing a meeting here to finalise spots for various development schemes.
He said that the government wanted to bring the FR Kohat at par with other developed tribal areas. Representatives of line departments were also present at the meeting.
He directed the officials to start work on the development projects sanctioned in the communication, agriculture, health, literacy and irrigation sectors so that tribesmen could benefit from them.
LEAVES BANNED: The Kohat divisional administration has put a ban on leaves of staff of all government departments from 5th to 11th of Muharramul Harram.
According to a notification on Thursday, Commissioner Kohat Khalid Khan Umerzai also ordered for establishment of five control rooms in Kohat, Hangu, Orakzai Agency and Kurram Agency to monitor law and order situation during Muharram.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Three persons killed in road accident in Karak
Source The News
Three members of a family were killed in a road accident on Friday. Three persons, Basirullah, Nabeel and Rauf of Algadi area in Karak were killed when their motorcycle rammed into a car on the Indus Highway near Tableeghi Markaz.
The relatives of the deceased registered a first information report (FIR) against the motorcar driver in Karak Police Station but the accused escaped. In another incident, five persons were seriously injured when two motorcycles collided head-on in Latambar area. The injured, identified as Najeeb, Daraz, Ayub, Asad and Raham Nawaz, were rushed to the nearby health centre but were later shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital because of their critical condition.
Moreover, three persons were injured when a car overturned in Sicot area because of speeding. The injured including Noor Wali Khan, Azam Khan and Gul Wali were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital, Karak, for treatment. Two of the injured were later shifted to Peshawar.
Meanwhile, Wazir tribesmen residing in Karak continued to visit the Zebi dam and Lawagher dam for picnic during the Eidul Azha holidays despite imposition of Section 144 on the visit to dams because of growing incidents of drowning.
Three members of a family were killed in a road accident on Friday. Three persons, Basirullah, Nabeel and Rauf of Algadi area in Karak were killed when their motorcycle rammed into a car on the Indus Highway near Tableeghi Markaz.
The relatives of the deceased registered a first information report (FIR) against the motorcar driver in Karak Police Station but the accused escaped. In another incident, five persons were seriously injured when two motorcycles collided head-on in Latambar area. The injured, identified as Najeeb, Daraz, Ayub, Asad and Raham Nawaz, were rushed to the nearby health centre but were later shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital because of their critical condition.
Moreover, three persons were injured when a car overturned in Sicot area because of speeding. The injured including Noor Wali Khan, Azam Khan and Gul Wali were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital, Karak, for treatment. Two of the injured were later shifted to Peshawar.
Meanwhile, Wazir tribesmen residing in Karak continued to visit the Zebi dam and Lawagher dam for picnic during the Eidul Azha holidays despite imposition of Section 144 on the visit to dams because of growing incidents of drowning.
Four of a family killed in Kohat on Eid day
Source Dawn
Police on Friday detained four persons for the gun attack on a van on a suburban road on the first day of Eidul Azha that killed a family of four and injured at least two persons.
Van driver Mansoor Shah reported to Bilitang police on the Eid day that the family had hired his van for a visit to Kot village.
It was on the return journey home that unidentified gunmen attacked the family, killing Roshan, Shakeela Begum, 50, her son Jamal and nephew Muzammal Khan on the spot. One Zobash and the driver were injured in the attack
Suspecting it to be a case of killing in revenge, the Bilitang police detained four people from the group which had old enmity with the deceased. The aggrieved party has not yet registered an FIR.
In another incident, one Naveed was killed in Garhi Dhodhewal on the second day of Eid on Thursday.
The city police have registered a murder case against Jehangir and his son Shehzad, who have been nominated in the FIR.
The police conducted raids for arrest of the alleged culprits who escaped after committing the crime.
Police on Friday detained four persons for the gun attack on a van on a suburban road on the first day of Eidul Azha that killed a family of four and injured at least two persons.
Van driver Mansoor Shah reported to Bilitang police on the Eid day that the family had hired his van for a visit to Kot village.
It was on the return journey home that unidentified gunmen attacked the family, killing Roshan, Shakeela Begum, 50, her son Jamal and nephew Muzammal Khan on the spot. One Zobash and the driver were injured in the attack
Suspecting it to be a case of killing in revenge, the Bilitang police detained four people from the group which had old enmity with the deceased. The aggrieved party has not yet registered an FIR.
In another incident, one Naveed was killed in Garhi Dhodhewal on the second day of Eid on Thursday.
The city police have registered a murder case against Jehangir and his son Shehzad, who have been nominated in the FIR.
The police conducted raids for arrest of the alleged culprits who escaped after committing the crime.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
VC Islamia College kidnapped by Waziristan Taliban not TTP: Tariq Afridi
Source Online
Central commander of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Tariq Afridi has said that his outfit is not involved in kidnapping of Vice Chancellor of Islamia College University Peshawar Ajmal Khan.
Talking to a private TV channel TTP commander for Dera Adam Khail and Khyber Agency Tariq Afridi said that his men had kidnapped Vice Chancellor Kohat University Latif ullah Kaka Khel and had demanded release of their arrested accomplices and heavy ransom money in return for release of VC. He said that the government accepting their demand had freed 50 militant and large amount ransom was paid after which Latif Kaka Khel was freed.
Taliban Commander said we are not involved in the kidnapping of Vice Chancellor Islamia College University Peshawar Ajmal Khan, however we are been told that kidnapped Vice Chancellor has been kidnapped by Waziristan Taliban
Central commander of banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Tariq Afridi has said that his outfit is not involved in kidnapping of Vice Chancellor of Islamia College University Peshawar Ajmal Khan.
Talking to a private TV channel TTP commander for Dera Adam Khail and Khyber Agency Tariq Afridi said that his men had kidnapped Vice Chancellor Kohat University Latif ullah Kaka Khel and had demanded release of their arrested accomplices and heavy ransom money in return for release of VC. He said that the government accepting their demand had freed 50 militant and large amount ransom was paid after which Latif Kaka Khel was freed.
Taliban Commander said we are not involved in the kidnapping of Vice Chancellor Islamia College University Peshawar Ajmal Khan, however we are been told that kidnapped Vice Chancellor has been kidnapped by Waziristan Taliban
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Man burnt alive on Kohat highway
Source Dawn
The driver of an oil tanker which fell into a deep ravine on the hilly track between Darra Adamkhel and Kohat was burnt alive on Monday.
The Jungle Khel police said oil tanker (K-4461) was on its way to Peshawar from Karachi when it fell from the dangerous hilly track.
The oil tanker exploded burning alive its driver Ismail, resident of Yakatoot area of Peshawar.
The driver of an oil tanker which fell into a deep ravine on the hilly track between Darra Adamkhel and Kohat was burnt alive on Monday.
The Jungle Khel police said oil tanker (K-4461) was on its way to Peshawar from Karachi when it fell from the dangerous hilly track.
The oil tanker exploded burning alive its driver Ismail, resident of Yakatoot area of Peshawar.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
3 cops suspended in Kohat
Source The News
District police officer Thursday placed three cops under suspension on the charges of negligence. A notification issued by DPO Delawar Khan Bangash stated that the Station House Officer (SHO) Gumbat Police Station Inspector Mirzali Khan, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Khushalgarh police post Nazeer Khan and Khushalgarh Bridge police post ASI Azmat Ali were suspended. They had been asked to report to the Police Lines. The notification read that Sub-Inspector Asad Zubair had been posted as SHO Gumbat Police Station, ASI Afzal Khan in-charge Khushalgarh police post and Head Constable Daud Khan in-charge of Khushalgarh Bridge police post.
District police officer Thursday placed three cops under suspension on the charges of negligence. A notification issued by DPO Delawar Khan Bangash stated that the Station House Officer (SHO) Gumbat Police Station Inspector Mirzali Khan, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Khushalgarh police post Nazeer Khan and Khushalgarh Bridge police post ASI Azmat Ali were suspended. They had been asked to report to the Police Lines. The notification read that Sub-Inspector Asad Zubair had been posted as SHO Gumbat Police Station, ASI Afzal Khan in-charge Khushalgarh police post and Head Constable Daud Khan in-charge of Khushalgarh Bridge police post.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Colonel among 6 troops killed in Orakzai blast
Source Daily Times
A lieutenant colonel of the Pakistan Army and five other soldiers were killed when a roadside time bomb exploded in Hangu district on Friday, official sources said. It was the third deadly attack on paramilitary troops patrolling the tribal belt this week.
A security forces’ convoy of eight personnel was on its way to the Thall town from Ghiljo area of Orakzai Agency when it was attacked by terrorists through a remote-controlled device in the Yakh Kandao area, killing a lieutenant colonel and five other soldiers. Two personnel were hurt in the explosion and soon air lifted to the Kohat CMH.
Hours later, gunship helicopters pounded three spots in Upper Orakzai and the neighbouring Kurram and killed 22 suspected terrorists, local government officials Aurangzeb Khan and Jamil Khan said. It was not immediately clear whether the airstrikes were in retaliation or not.
The bombings showed the fragility of the military’s gains in its offensives against al Qaeda and Taliban along the border with Afghanistan.
A lieutenant colonel of the Pakistan Army and five other soldiers were killed when a roadside time bomb exploded in Hangu district on Friday, official sources said. It was the third deadly attack on paramilitary troops patrolling the tribal belt this week.
A security forces’ convoy of eight personnel was on its way to the Thall town from Ghiljo area of Orakzai Agency when it was attacked by terrorists through a remote-controlled device in the Yakh Kandao area, killing a lieutenant colonel and five other soldiers. Two personnel were hurt in the explosion and soon air lifted to the Kohat CMH.
Hours later, gunship helicopters pounded three spots in Upper Orakzai and the neighbouring Kurram and killed 22 suspected terrorists, local government officials Aurangzeb Khan and Jamil Khan said. It was not immediately clear whether the airstrikes were in retaliation or not.
The bombings showed the fragility of the military’s gains in its offensives against al Qaeda and Taliban along the border with Afghanistan.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Kohat Indus Highway completely worn out
Source APP
About 70 kilometer section of the Indus Highway linking Kohat with Karak has completely worn out causing numerous accidents and loss of precious lives.One lane of the highway is totally in a dilapidated condition and bumpy due to over-loaded trucks exceeding the weight limit fixed by the National Highway Authority (NHA).It may be mentioned that the highway, which is used by all types of vehicles, connects eastern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with commercial hub of the country Karachi.
Mohammad Yasin, owner of a transport company, said that the over-loaded trucks were mainly responsible for the damage to the highway.
“The NHA has not evolved an effective mechanism to check flow of over-loaded trucks on this important route,” he added.
A tribal elder of Khattak tribe in Karak said over 150 people have been killed during last five years due to accidents on this dangerous patch of the highway.
“ Local people have written several letters to the NHA urging it to take steps for its repair but in vain”, he said.
Residents of the district Karak also suffer difficulty in shifting sick people to hospitals in Kohat and Peshawar due to the broken highway.
On the other side, this bumpy road with ditches is damaging vehicles, especially their tyres. According to an NHA official, the Kohat-Karak highway is totally broken and there is a need to lay a completely new road.
About 70 kilometer section of the Indus Highway linking Kohat with Karak has completely worn out causing numerous accidents and loss of precious lives.One lane of the highway is totally in a dilapidated condition and bumpy due to over-loaded trucks exceeding the weight limit fixed by the National Highway Authority (NHA).It may be mentioned that the highway, which is used by all types of vehicles, connects eastern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with commercial hub of the country Karachi.
Mohammad Yasin, owner of a transport company, said that the over-loaded trucks were mainly responsible for the damage to the highway.
“The NHA has not evolved an effective mechanism to check flow of over-loaded trucks on this important route,” he added.
A tribal elder of Khattak tribe in Karak said over 150 people have been killed during last five years due to accidents on this dangerous patch of the highway.
“ Local people have written several letters to the NHA urging it to take steps for its repair but in vain”, he said.
Residents of the district Karak also suffer difficulty in shifting sick people to hospitals in Kohat and Peshawar due to the broken highway.
On the other side, this bumpy road with ditches is damaging vehicles, especially their tyres. According to an NHA official, the Kohat-Karak highway is totally broken and there is a need to lay a completely new road.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Constable killed in Kohat
Source Dawn
A police constable was killed in Chakarkot Bala by unidentified persons while 33 suspected militants were arrested during a search operation here on Saturday.
The police constable, Ibrar Hussain, serving as driver at Ustarzai police station was on leave and was walking out of his home when armed men sprayed him with bullets.
The local people said that he had an old enmity and was killed by his rivals.
Meanwhile, police arrested 33 suspected militants in various areas of the district and recovered weapons and hashish from them during an operation.
The operation was carried out in Jungle Khel, Ghulam Banda, Kharmato, Jarma Gumbat, Mian Garhi, Muhammadzai, Ustarzai and Merozai areas.
The seizure included four Kalashnikovs, three repeaters, eight shotguns, six rifles, 19 pistols, hundreds of cartridges and 12 kilograms fine quality hashish.
The suspects were handed over to the investigation department for interrogation after registration of cases against them in respective police stations.
A police constable was killed in Chakarkot Bala by unidentified persons while 33 suspected militants were arrested during a search operation here on Saturday.
The police constable, Ibrar Hussain, serving as driver at Ustarzai police station was on leave and was walking out of his home when armed men sprayed him with bullets.
The local people said that he had an old enmity and was killed by his rivals.
Meanwhile, police arrested 33 suspected militants in various areas of the district and recovered weapons and hashish from them during an operation.
The operation was carried out in Jungle Khel, Ghulam Banda, Kharmato, Jarma Gumbat, Mian Garhi, Muhammadzai, Ustarzai and Merozai areas.
The seizure included four Kalashnikovs, three repeaters, eight shotguns, six rifles, 19 pistols, hundreds of cartridges and 12 kilograms fine quality hashish.
The suspects were handed over to the investigation department for interrogation after registration of cases against them in respective police stations.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Khusall Garh Bridge construction agreement
Source Daily Mashriq
An agreement has been finalised between NHA, OGDC and MOL for the construction of bridge at Khuskhal Garh Kohat. According to details the agreement will be signed on 14th October.The agreement inter alia says that to transport the Oil and gas found in Karak and Sakirdara area to Attock refinery the Khashall Garh is the best route so it should be immediately built. The funding should be 50 percent financed by NHA while remaining 50 percent should be shared by OGDC and MOL equally. The brigde should be prepared in 27 months and work on it will be started in the mid of November 2010. The cost on the bridge is about 1.4 billion rupees.
An agreement has been finalised between NHA, OGDC and MOL for the construction of bridge at Khuskhal Garh Kohat. According to details the agreement will be signed on 14th October.The agreement inter alia says that to transport the Oil and gas found in Karak and Sakirdara area to Attock refinery the Khashall Garh is the best route so it should be immediately built. The funding should be 50 percent financed by NHA while remaining 50 percent should be shared by OGDC and MOL equally. The brigde should be prepared in 27 months and work on it will be started in the mid of November 2010. The cost on the bridge is about 1.4 billion rupees.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Rs80m projects approved for Kohat
Source Dawn
The district development committee (DDC) here on Thursday approved 75 development schemes worth Rs80.75 million.
District coordination officer Shahidullah Khan, chairing the DDC meeting, asked the officials that work on all projects would be allowed to start only after identification of land. He strictly directed the officials to visit sites of the projects for filing exact estimates and refrain from making desk PC-1 reports.
The meeting was attended by executive officer finance Wahidur Rehman Khattak, executive officer communication and works Kifayatullah, technical officer, planning and development Muhammad Ijaz and tehsil municipal officer Noor Daraz Khattak.
Mr Rehman told the meeting that five projects, costing Rs10 million, would be carried out in the constituency of Senator Abbas Afridi and two development schemes worth Rs10 million in the constituency of MNA Pir Dilawar Shah.
He said that 20 projects, costing Rs20 million, had been approved for the PF- 38 constituency of MPA Qalbe Hassan. The funds for these projects had been provided from Tameer-i-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Programme.
The DDC also approved 20 development projects in the PF-39 constituency of MPA Iqbal Din Fana.
The allocation of Rs2.85 million for three projects had been made from district annual development programme (DADP), 12 projects of Rs10 million from the Tameer-i-KP Programme and five projects of Rs10 million would be executed on the chief minister’s directives.
Mr. Rehman said that Rs2.85 million had been set aide from the DADP for six projects to be carried out in areas identified by MPA Musarat Shafi.
Meanwhile, speaking at a public meeting Senator Abbas Afridi promised that gas produced from local gas fields would be provided to all areas of the district without any discrimination.
He asked the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited to allocate funds for providing the facility in all the 32 union councils. He regretted that gas was provided to Punjab province from Kohat gas fields while local people were being ignored.
The district development committee (DDC) here on Thursday approved 75 development schemes worth Rs80.75 million.
District coordination officer Shahidullah Khan, chairing the DDC meeting, asked the officials that work on all projects would be allowed to start only after identification of land. He strictly directed the officials to visit sites of the projects for filing exact estimates and refrain from making desk PC-1 reports.
The meeting was attended by executive officer finance Wahidur Rehman Khattak, executive officer communication and works Kifayatullah, technical officer, planning and development Muhammad Ijaz and tehsil municipal officer Noor Daraz Khattak.
Mr Rehman told the meeting that five projects, costing Rs10 million, would be carried out in the constituency of Senator Abbas Afridi and two development schemes worth Rs10 million in the constituency of MNA Pir Dilawar Shah.
He said that 20 projects, costing Rs20 million, had been approved for the PF- 38 constituency of MPA Qalbe Hassan. The funds for these projects had been provided from Tameer-i-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Programme.
The DDC also approved 20 development projects in the PF-39 constituency of MPA Iqbal Din Fana.
The allocation of Rs2.85 million for three projects had been made from district annual development programme (DADP), 12 projects of Rs10 million from the Tameer-i-KP Programme and five projects of Rs10 million would be executed on the chief minister’s directives.
Mr. Rehman said that Rs2.85 million had been set aide from the DADP for six projects to be carried out in areas identified by MPA Musarat Shafi.
Meanwhile, speaking at a public meeting Senator Abbas Afridi promised that gas produced from local gas fields would be provided to all areas of the district without any discrimination.
He asked the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited to allocate funds for providing the facility in all the 32 union councils. He regretted that gas was provided to Punjab province from Kohat gas fields while local people were being ignored.
28 criminals arrested in Kohat
Source The News
Twenty-eight criminals including four proclaimed offenders were arrested during raids in different areas here Wednesday, police sources said. The sources said the arrests were made in Chorliki, Khawajakhela, Ghurizai, Talkan and Gandyali areas, adding that weapons recovered from the arrested persons included five Kalashnikov rifles, seven rifles, two repeaters, six shotguns, 21 pistols and 1,875 bullets. Seven kilograms of hashish was also recovered during the raids, the sources added.Meanwhile, the police nabbed a drug-peddler Qadir Hussain in the jurisdiction of the Ustarzai Police Station. One Kalashnikov rifle, dozens of cartridges and two-and-a-half kilogram of hashish were also recovered from him.
Twenty-eight criminals including four proclaimed offenders were arrested during raids in different areas here Wednesday, police sources said. The sources said the arrests were made in Chorliki, Khawajakhela, Ghurizai, Talkan and Gandyali areas, adding that weapons recovered from the arrested persons included five Kalashnikov rifles, seven rifles, two repeaters, six shotguns, 21 pistols and 1,875 bullets. Seven kilograms of hashish was also recovered during the raids, the sources added.Meanwhile, the police nabbed a drug-peddler Qadir Hussain in the jurisdiction of the Ustarzai Police Station. One Kalashnikov rifle, dozens of cartridges and two-and-a-half kilogram of hashish were also recovered from him.
Three children hurt in Kohat grenade attack
Source Dawn
Three children were injured in a grenade attack on a house in Jungle Khel here on Wednesday.
Police said that unidentified terrorists lobbed a hand-grenade on the house of one Mukammal Shah in Gulshanabad area of Jungle Khel. As a result, his grand children including, Muavia, Bushra and Aamna, were injured. They were admitted to the KDA divisional hospital.
Police have registered a case against unknown attackers on the complaint of Mr Shah.
Earlier in the day, Kohat police arrested 28 alleged criminals, including four proclaimed offenders, and recovered weapons during a search operation in various parts of the district.
Police also seized five kalashnikovs, seven rifles, two repeaters, six shotguns, 21 pistols and 1,875 cartridges. An alleged drug peddler, Ghudair Hussain was also arrested from Alizai.
Three children were injured in a grenade attack on a house in Jungle Khel here on Wednesday.
Police said that unidentified terrorists lobbed a hand-grenade on the house of one Mukammal Shah in Gulshanabad area of Jungle Khel. As a result, his grand children including, Muavia, Bushra and Aamna, were injured. They were admitted to the KDA divisional hospital.
Police have registered a case against unknown attackers on the complaint of Mr Shah.
Earlier in the day, Kohat police arrested 28 alleged criminals, including four proclaimed offenders, and recovered weapons during a search operation in various parts of the district.
Police also seized five kalashnikovs, seven rifles, two repeaters, six shotguns, 21 pistols and 1,875 cartridges. An alleged drug peddler, Ghudair Hussain was also arrested from Alizai.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Two smugglers nabbed in Kohat
Source The News
Police arrested two drug-carriers including a woman and recovered narcotics from their possession here on Saturday. Sources said police officials were checking vehicles on the Indus Highway when they intercepted a passenger coach heading for Bannu from Darra Adamkhel. Upon search, 10 kilograms of hashish and 300 grams of opium were recovered from Ms Telidara and Umer Zaman, both residents of Bannu. Meanwhile, three persons sustained injuries in a firing incident at Mangal Baba area in Jangalkhel in Kohat. Sources said that one Saeed Khan opened fire after exchanging hot words with his father over some domestic issue. His brother Ihsanullah and passers-by Hamid and Muhammad Raees sustained bullet injuries. Police arrested the accused along with his Kalashnikov rifle.
Police arrested two drug-carriers including a woman and recovered narcotics from their possession here on Saturday. Sources said police officials were checking vehicles on the Indus Highway when they intercepted a passenger coach heading for Bannu from Darra Adamkhel. Upon search, 10 kilograms of hashish and 300 grams of opium were recovered from Ms Telidara and Umer Zaman, both residents of Bannu. Meanwhile, three persons sustained injuries in a firing incident at Mangal Baba area in Jangalkhel in Kohat. Sources said that one Saeed Khan opened fire after exchanging hot words with his father over some domestic issue. His brother Ihsanullah and passers-by Hamid and Muhammad Raees sustained bullet injuries. Police arrested the accused along with his Kalashnikov rifle.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
75pc of Orakzai area cleared
Source Dawn
Fresh troops have been sought for the ongoing operation in Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency where security forces are facing stiff resistance from militants.
Operation commander Col. Waseem told journalists at a news briefing in Hangu on Thursday that militants had been ousted from 75 per cent area where permanent checkposts have been established for the safety of tribesmen.
“The military is patrolling and conducting operation in 15 per cent area where operation is in progress and security forces will gain control over it after arrival of fresh troops. Only 5-10 per cent area is under the control of Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after five-month-long operation because of shortage of army personnel who are engaged in relief activities in the flood-affected parts of the country,” said the operation commander.
He said that according to the directives of Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani the security forces would remain in the region until complete restoration of peace and for the moral and on-ground support of the administration.
Col. Waseem said that 62 security personnel were martyred and 213 injured during the operation between March and July. Also, 600 militants were killed during clashes and 250 who were arrested are being kept at various places for interrogation, he added.
He gave firm assurance to the tribesmen that militants would never return to the parts of tribal area where writ of the government had been enforced. He said that the writ of government could only be maintained with the collective efforts of the tribesmen, administration and army.
Answering a question, he said that the threat of suicide attacks would remain there in the country and it was the only tool left with terrorists to demoralise public.
Political Agent Riaz Mehsud while briefing journalists said that phase-wise return of 100,000 affected families had started and the government would be providing food and non-food items to the returning families for six months to help them in rehabilitation.
“The internally displaced persons (IDPs) are returning voluntarily and it is the desire of the administration to facilitate the IDPs without harming their dignity,” he said.
Mr Mehsud said that 64,000 families displaced from Storikhel, Utmankhel, Bezote and Ferozekhel had already returned to their homes and the remaining 13,000 would be rehabilitated within one week.
In the third to sixth phase the Mishti, Sheikhan, Daradar, Rabiakhel, Shahukhel, Alikhel and Mullahkhel tribes would be allowed to return to their homes.
He said that the administration had established six registration points to block the way of militants back into the tribal area in the guise of IDPs.
He said that under a comprehensive strategy peace would be maintained in the region through jirga system and village defence committees, which would keep liaison with security forces and political administration.
Lt. Col. Habib told newsmen that ample stock of food and non-food items was available for the returning IDPs.
Fresh troops have been sought for the ongoing operation in Mamozai area of Orakzai Agency where security forces are facing stiff resistance from militants.
Operation commander Col. Waseem told journalists at a news briefing in Hangu on Thursday that militants had been ousted from 75 per cent area where permanent checkposts have been established for the safety of tribesmen.
“The military is patrolling and conducting operation in 15 per cent area where operation is in progress and security forces will gain control over it after arrival of fresh troops. Only 5-10 per cent area is under the control of Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after five-month-long operation because of shortage of army personnel who are engaged in relief activities in the flood-affected parts of the country,” said the operation commander.
He said that according to the directives of Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani the security forces would remain in the region until complete restoration of peace and for the moral and on-ground support of the administration.
Col. Waseem said that 62 security personnel were martyred and 213 injured during the operation between March and July. Also, 600 militants were killed during clashes and 250 who were arrested are being kept at various places for interrogation, he added.
He gave firm assurance to the tribesmen that militants would never return to the parts of tribal area where writ of the government had been enforced. He said that the writ of government could only be maintained with the collective efforts of the tribesmen, administration and army.
Answering a question, he said that the threat of suicide attacks would remain there in the country and it was the only tool left with terrorists to demoralise public.
Political Agent Riaz Mehsud while briefing journalists said that phase-wise return of 100,000 affected families had started and the government would be providing food and non-food items to the returning families for six months to help them in rehabilitation.
“The internally displaced persons (IDPs) are returning voluntarily and it is the desire of the administration to facilitate the IDPs without harming their dignity,” he said.
Mr Mehsud said that 64,000 families displaced from Storikhel, Utmankhel, Bezote and Ferozekhel had already returned to their homes and the remaining 13,000 would be rehabilitated within one week.
In the third to sixth phase the Mishti, Sheikhan, Daradar, Rabiakhel, Shahukhel, Alikhel and Mullahkhel tribes would be allowed to return to their homes.
He said that the administration had established six registration points to block the way of militants back into the tribal area in the guise of IDPs.
He said that under a comprehensive strategy peace would be maintained in the region through jirga system and village defence committees, which would keep liaison with security forces and political administration.
Lt. Col. Habib told newsmen that ample stock of food and non-food items was available for the returning IDPs.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Kohat police seize weapons, arrest 2 suspects
Source Central Asia Online
Police seized a vehicle and recovered arms from a van on the Indus highway in Kohat and arrested two men suspected of smuggling arms to North Waziristan, officials said.
“Initial investigations revealed both suspects were involved in arms smuggling to the militancy-infected North Waziristan area and Punjab,” Kohat police spokesman Fazle Naeem told Central Asia Online. They are being interrogated, he added.
The police recovered 28 Kalashnikovs, 53 pistols, 70 magazines and more than 5,000 rounds from the van at a toll plaza check-post. The suspects were identified only as Zubair and Tahir.
Police seized a vehicle and recovered arms from a van on the Indus highway in Kohat and arrested two men suspected of smuggling arms to North Waziristan, officials said.
“Initial investigations revealed both suspects were involved in arms smuggling to the militancy-infected North Waziristan area and Punjab,” Kohat police spokesman Fazle Naeem told Central Asia Online. They are being interrogated, he added.
The police recovered 28 Kalashnikovs, 53 pistols, 70 magazines and more than 5,000 rounds from the van at a toll plaza check-post. The suspects were identified only as Zubair and Tahir.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Kohat blast victims get compensation
Source Dawn
The general officer commanding of IX division of army distributed cash compensation and gift packs among the 64 victims of Police Colony car bomb blast here on Tuesday.
Speaking at a ceremony, GOC Maj-Gen Rizwan Akhtar said that it was the collective responsibility of law-enforcement agencies and people to bring the war against terrorism to its logical end.
He said, “The government and law-enforcement agencies are fighting a war against a common enemy who had no religion and principles and after facing successive defeats in Swat, Malakand and other areas the cowards have now started targeting women and children.”
The GOC expressed his grief over the loss of precious lives in the car bomb attack at the Police Colony in Kohat and assured the survivors that the security forces and the government was standing with them in these difficult times.
He rejected the impression that the blast was the result of a security lapse by police because they were at the forefront in the war and bearing the major brunt.
On this occasion, Kohat region DIG police Muhammad Masood Afridi said that they would maintain the writ of the government at any cost.
The GOC gave Rs100,000 each to 21 heirs of the victims who lost their lives in the tragic incident. He also gave gift packs to 43 policemen whose quarters were destroyed in the terrorist attack.
The general officer commanding of IX division of army distributed cash compensation and gift packs among the 64 victims of Police Colony car bomb blast here on Tuesday.
Speaking at a ceremony, GOC Maj-Gen Rizwan Akhtar said that it was the collective responsibility of law-enforcement agencies and people to bring the war against terrorism to its logical end.
He said, “The government and law-enforcement agencies are fighting a war against a common enemy who had no religion and principles and after facing successive defeats in Swat, Malakand and other areas the cowards have now started targeting women and children.”
The GOC expressed his grief over the loss of precious lives in the car bomb attack at the Police Colony in Kohat and assured the survivors that the security forces and the government was standing with them in these difficult times.
He rejected the impression that the blast was the result of a security lapse by police because they were at the forefront in the war and bearing the major brunt.
On this occasion, Kohat region DIG police Muhammad Masood Afridi said that they would maintain the writ of the government at any cost.
The GOC gave Rs100,000 each to 21 heirs of the victims who lost their lives in the tragic incident. He also gave gift packs to 43 policemen whose quarters were destroyed in the terrorist attack.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Body found in Darra
Source The News
Beheaded body of a militant was found dumped in Darra Adamkhel, Frontier Region Kohat, on Sunday, sources said. The sources said that Gulab Khan Afridi, resident of Pirwalkhel, was kidnapped by the fighters of pro-government militant commander Momin Khan a few days ago. The sources said that his beheaded body was found dumped near the main market of Darra Adamkhel. The political administration officials rushed to the scene and shifted the body to a hospital.
Beheaded body of a militant was found dumped in Darra Adamkhel, Frontier Region Kohat, on Sunday, sources said. The sources said that Gulab Khan Afridi, resident of Pirwalkhel, was kidnapped by the fighters of pro-government militant commander Momin Khan a few days ago. The sources said that his beheaded body was found dumped near the main market of Darra Adamkhel. The political administration officials rushed to the scene and shifted the body to a hospital.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Two people shot dead in Kohat
Source Saama TV
Two people were killed and four others wounded in firing on a private textile mill bus in Kohat, said sources Friday.
According to police, unknown men opened fire on a private textile mill bus on Boraka Road, killing two employees and injuring four others.
The deceased and injured were shifted to K.D.A Divisional Hospital.
Police has started preliminary investigations of the incident. SAMAA
Two people were killed and four others wounded in firing on a private textile mill bus in Kohat, said sources Friday.
According to police, unknown men opened fire on a private textile mill bus on Boraka Road, killing two employees and injuring four others.
The deceased and injured were shifted to K.D.A Divisional Hospital.
Police has started preliminary investigations of the incident. SAMAA
Timely delivery of bills sought
Source The News
The telephone subscribers have resented the non-delivery of the monthly bills and asked the authorities to ensure the provision of bills in time. Addressing a press conference here Wednesday, Arshadullah, Zareen Khan and Masood Alam said that due to negligence of the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) they could not deposit the bills and now had to pay fine. They said that the PTCL officials did not entertain their complaints made for rectifying out of order telephones. The residents asked the PTCL authorities to make sure that bills were delivered to them in time.
The telephone subscribers have resented the non-delivery of the monthly bills and asked the authorities to ensure the provision of bills in time. Addressing a press conference here Wednesday, Arshadullah, Zareen Khan and Masood Alam said that due to negligence of the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) they could not deposit the bills and now had to pay fine. They said that the PTCL officials did not entertain their complaints made for rectifying out of order telephones. The residents asked the PTCL authorities to make sure that bills were delivered to them in time.
Security plan for Karak devised
Source The News
A meeting here Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in the district and devised a security plan. District Police Officer Sajid Ahmad Khan Mohmand, who presided over the meeting of deputy district police officers of all circles, said police were the main target of terrorists. He pointed out that there was lack of information sharing between the police and the intelligence agencies and urged better coordination to forestall terrorist activities.
A meeting here Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in the district and devised a security plan. District Police Officer Sajid Ahmad Khan Mohmand, who presided over the meeting of deputy district police officers of all circles, said police were the main target of terrorists. He pointed out that there was lack of information sharing between the police and the intelligence agencies and urged better coordination to forestall terrorist activities.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Newly married bridegroom was killed in Kohat
Source Daily Mashriq
A newly bride bridegroom was killed and his bride was seriously injured when some unknown people entered in the home of Mr. Abdul Mannan in Kamal Khel in the limits of Bilitang Police Station. According to details the couple was married one month ago and due to recent heavy rains the walls of the house were collapsed due to which the unknown people easily entered the home and killed Abdul Mannan and injured his wife Imrana whom were rushed to hospital. The police has registered the case and start searching for the people.
A newly bride bridegroom was killed and his bride was seriously injured when some unknown people entered in the home of Mr. Abdul Mannan in Kamal Khel in the limits of Bilitang Police Station. According to details the couple was married one month ago and due to recent heavy rains the walls of the house were collapsed due to which the unknown people easily entered the home and killed Abdul Mannan and injured his wife Imrana whom were rushed to hospital. The police has registered the case and start searching for the people.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Militants kill two in Kohat
Source The News
A local militant and his accomplices shot dead two persons over a minor dispute in Ghurzandi area on Sunday, sources said.
The sources said local militant, Taj Min Jalal, and his accomplices Wahid Jalal, Karmal, Sufiyan and Ziyan opened fire on Malik Afzal Khan and Lal Shaheen in Ghurzandi area of Lachi tehsil over ownership of car, leaving both of them dead.
In another incident, Shahid, Hamid and Gulai shot dead Muhammad Zaman in SP Sikandar Khan Shaheed village. A six-year-old Afghan passer-by identified as Rafiullah was also killed in the crossfire.
Meanwhile, a Peshawar-bound car collided with a truck near Gharay area on Indus Highway in which Prof Faizullah Jan of Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, was killed while the truck driver Niaz Muhammad and cleaner Haji Badshah Khan sustained critical injuries. The injured were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Kohat.
A local militant and his accomplices shot dead two persons over a minor dispute in Ghurzandi area on Sunday, sources said.
The sources said local militant, Taj Min Jalal, and his accomplices Wahid Jalal, Karmal, Sufiyan and Ziyan opened fire on Malik Afzal Khan and Lal Shaheen in Ghurzandi area of Lachi tehsil over ownership of car, leaving both of them dead.
In another incident, Shahid, Hamid and Gulai shot dead Muhammad Zaman in SP Sikandar Khan Shaheed village. A six-year-old Afghan passer-by identified as Rafiullah was also killed in the crossfire.
Meanwhile, a Peshawar-bound car collided with a truck near Gharay area on Indus Highway in which Prof Faizullah Jan of Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, was killed while the truck driver Niaz Muhammad and cleaner Haji Badshah Khan sustained critical injuries. The injured were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Kohat.
Bodies of six militants found in Kohat
Source The News
Six bodies of militants were found dumped in a graveyard in Akhorwal area in Frontier Region of Darra Adamkhel on Sunday, official sources said.
The sources said that six militants belonging to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Tariq Afridi group were killed in a clash with pro-government Momin group late Saturday night. One of the deceased was identified as Shakeel Afridi, a militant commander. The sources said that Shakeel belonged to Malikdinkhel tribe in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.
The political administration recovered the bodies from the graveyard in Akhorwal area and started investigation. Meanwhile, militants attacked the house of a tribal elder, Malik Yar Akbar, in Akhorwal area. Sources said the security forces reached the area after receiving information about the incident and exchanged fire with the militants.
“The militants fled the area after a brief encounter,” the sources said, adding that the forces pounded the suspected hideouts of militants soon after the clash. There was, however, no report about casualties suffered by the militants.
Six bodies of militants were found dumped in a graveyard in Akhorwal area in Frontier Region of Darra Adamkhel on Sunday, official sources said.
The sources said that six militants belonging to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Tariq Afridi group were killed in a clash with pro-government Momin group late Saturday night. One of the deceased was identified as Shakeel Afridi, a militant commander. The sources said that Shakeel belonged to Malikdinkhel tribe in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency.
The political administration recovered the bodies from the graveyard in Akhorwal area and started investigation. Meanwhile, militants attacked the house of a tribal elder, Malik Yar Akbar, in Akhorwal area. Sources said the security forces reached the area after receiving information about the incident and exchanged fire with the militants.
“The militants fled the area after a brief encounter,” the sources said, adding that the forces pounded the suspected hideouts of militants soon after the clash. There was, however, no report about casualties suffered by the militants.
Rs80m released for Karak gas supply scheme’
Source The News
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly member Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel on Saturday said the provincial government had released Rs80 million for the supply of gas to Karak tehsil and Takht Nusrati area. Addressing a public meeting here, he said the government had also decided that 50 percent amount of royalty of oil and gas would be spent on the development of Banda Daud Shah tehsil. He said that work on gas supply to six villages in Karak tehsil including Mithakhel, Thordhand, Ghundi Mir Khankhel, Badinkhel, Turkikhel and Alikhel would be started soon. He added that entire village of Mithakhel would get the gas facility as 12-kilometre-long gas pipeline had been approved for the village. The MPA informed that the oil and gas exploring foreign company MOL has released Rs60.5 million as production bonus for the uplift of the area and added that drinking water supply schemes would be launched on priority basis to meet the longstanding demand of the people of Band Daud Shah tehsil.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly member Mian Nisar Gul Kakakhel on Saturday said the provincial government had released Rs80 million for the supply of gas to Karak tehsil and Takht Nusrati area. Addressing a public meeting here, he said the government had also decided that 50 percent amount of royalty of oil and gas would be spent on the development of Banda Daud Shah tehsil. He said that work on gas supply to six villages in Karak tehsil including Mithakhel, Thordhand, Ghundi Mir Khankhel, Badinkhel, Turkikhel and Alikhel would be started soon. He added that entire village of Mithakhel would get the gas facility as 12-kilometre-long gas pipeline had been approved for the village. The MPA informed that the oil and gas exploring foreign company MOL has released Rs60.5 million as production bonus for the uplift of the area and added that drinking water supply schemes would be launched on priority basis to meet the longstanding demand of the people of Band Daud Shah tehsil.
Five people hurt in Kohat
Soucre The News
Five people injured when some people fire on the vehicle of Social Worker Pir Mujahid Shah in Muslimabad area of Kohat on Saturday.
Five people injured when some people fire on the vehicle of Social Worker Pir Mujahid Shah in Muslimabad area of Kohat on Saturday.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
CD shop attacked
Source Dawn
A CD shop was slightly damaged in a bomb blast in Pat Bazaar area of Hangu on Friday.
Police said that an unidentified man put a computer packed with 5kg explosives inside the CD shop and left. The owner of the shop got suspicious and threw the CPU outside the shop where it exploded with a big bang.
No loss of life was reported in the incident. The Hangu city police have registered a case and started investigation.
Meanwhile, rumours about the entry of a suicide bomber resulted in closure of business centres and schools in Kohat on Friday. Fear gripped the area following news of entrance of a suicide bomber in the city. Later it was learnt that the police found an unattended vehicle at the old bus stand. The bomb disposal squad was called, but nothing suspicious was recovered.
A CD shop was slightly damaged in a bomb blast in Pat Bazaar area of Hangu on Friday.
Police said that an unidentified man put a computer packed with 5kg explosives inside the CD shop and left. The owner of the shop got suspicious and threw the CPU outside the shop where it exploded with a big bang.
No loss of life was reported in the incident. The Hangu city police have registered a case and started investigation.
Meanwhile, rumours about the entry of a suicide bomber resulted in closure of business centres and schools in Kohat on Friday. Fear gripped the area following news of entrance of a suicide bomber in the city. Later it was learnt that the police found an unattended vehicle at the old bus stand. The bomb disposal squad was called, but nothing suspicious was recovered.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Gambling den busted in Kohat
Source Dawn
The Jungle Khel police arrested a former councillor and nine others in a raid on a gambling den on Wednesday.
The station house officer, Syed Aqeeq Hussain, while acting on a tip-off raided the house of the former councillor, Noor Shad, in Jungle Khel and arrested the gamblers along with Rs26,000 stake money.
The police also recovered arms and ammunition from the house, which was being used by the councillor as a gambling den. The accused were presented before a judge who sent them to the district prison.
The Jungle Khel police arrested a former councillor and nine others in a raid on a gambling den on Wednesday.
The station house officer, Syed Aqeeq Hussain, while acting on a tip-off raided the house of the former councillor, Noor Shad, in Jungle Khel and arrested the gamblers along with Rs26,000 stake money.
The police also recovered arms and ammunition from the house, which was being used by the councillor as a gambling den. The accused were presented before a judge who sent them to the district prison.
Strange hearts that care and kill children
Source Dawn
Before blasting the Police Colony that killed 20 people here last week, the three terrorists behind the attack had told children to keep away from their explosives-laden vehicle, according to eyewitnesses.
Shafiur Rehman, a technician at the control room of Police Lines whose quarter was destroyed in the blast, told Dawn that people had seen three persons talking to each other outside the colony where the vehicle had been parked.
“I have been residing in the colony for 16 years where mostly Grade IV employees live for whom free accommodation was not less than a blessing. Now hopes and happiness of some of us lie buried under rubble. One of the residents lost his wife and four children. Others lost all their children and have no desire to live here any more,” he said.
Residents of the colony going to mosque, after breaking the fast, saw a double cabin pick-up parked outside the colony and two suspicious-looking motorcyclists talking to each other nearby. “We took them to be non-locals and thought of inviting them to dinner after returning from the mosque,” recalled Mr Rehman.
Some children who survived the blast told their parents that the vehicle stuck in a drain near the main entrance while being driven into the colony. Three bearded men came out of it and asked the children playing very close to their vehicle to scamper as it is going to blow up.
After delivering the warning they themselves ran towards the motorcyclists waiting for them.
“There were two motorcyclists waiting outside the colony. One was waiting at Police Lines side i.e. north and the other in the south at Hangu bypass side to take out the driver safely in case one of them was stuck in the traffic jam or police cordon after the blast,” eyewitnesses said.
They said that as there was no security at the time of Iftar the bomber easily left towards the bypass on the motorcycle.
The investigators say had the residents of the colony informed police about the presence of suspicious vehicle and persons the disaster could have been avoided.
After lapse of nine days none of the planners and the executors of the bomb blast has been traced.
Inspector General of Police Fiaz Khan Toru had claimed that they would arrest the culprits behind the gory incident within 48 hours during visit of the site along with the corps commander, Peshawar.
Before blasting the Police Colony that killed 20 people here last week, the three terrorists behind the attack had told children to keep away from their explosives-laden vehicle, according to eyewitnesses.
Shafiur Rehman, a technician at the control room of Police Lines whose quarter was destroyed in the blast, told Dawn that people had seen three persons talking to each other outside the colony where the vehicle had been parked.
“I have been residing in the colony for 16 years where mostly Grade IV employees live for whom free accommodation was not less than a blessing. Now hopes and happiness of some of us lie buried under rubble. One of the residents lost his wife and four children. Others lost all their children and have no desire to live here any more,” he said.
Residents of the colony going to mosque, after breaking the fast, saw a double cabin pick-up parked outside the colony and two suspicious-looking motorcyclists talking to each other nearby. “We took them to be non-locals and thought of inviting them to dinner after returning from the mosque,” recalled Mr Rehman.
Some children who survived the blast told their parents that the vehicle stuck in a drain near the main entrance while being driven into the colony. Three bearded men came out of it and asked the children playing very close to their vehicle to scamper as it is going to blow up.
After delivering the warning they themselves ran towards the motorcyclists waiting for them.
“There were two motorcyclists waiting outside the colony. One was waiting at Police Lines side i.e. north and the other in the south at Hangu bypass side to take out the driver safely in case one of them was stuck in the traffic jam or police cordon after the blast,” eyewitnesses said.
They said that as there was no security at the time of Iftar the bomber easily left towards the bypass on the motorcycle.
The investigators say had the residents of the colony informed police about the presence of suspicious vehicle and persons the disaster could have been avoided.
After lapse of nine days none of the planners and the executors of the bomb blast has been traced.
Inspector General of Police Fiaz Khan Toru had claimed that they would arrest the culprits behind the gory incident within 48 hours during visit of the site along with the corps commander, Peshawar.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Kohat and more
Source Daily Times
Merciless and vengeful, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has struck once again, this time in a police colony in Kohat. Detonating an explosives-laden pickup inside the compound, just behind the guarded police lines, the blast ripped through almost 300 buildings, including schools, markets and residential homes. The scenes were truly horrific as the majority of the 20 killed were women and children who were inside their homes during iftaar time. It is expected that the death toll will rise as there were still some people trapped under the rubble of the TTP’s latest attack.
Vowing to take revenge for the drone strikes in the tribal areas, the TTP has promised more attacks on security and government officials. Such grim announcements and brutal massacres should not come as a surprise as the past week has demonstrated just how determined the militants are to step up their game now that the military’s attention has been diverted towards flood relief. Anyone who thought that the softest targets in society — women, children and residential areas — would be safe, has not understood the reality of the shadowy enemy we are up against. The militants aim to cause maximum damage, widespread fear and loss of lives to prove their point; what better way than to target the most vulnerable? That is why Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has urged the security forces to implement well-coordinated and effective action against the terrorists. He has stated that it is vital that military attention be diverted from the floods to the insurgency once again.
After such an attack and chilling warning, it is vital that all efforts be taken to protect such areas. When it has been proclaimed that government, security and police officials are under the most threat, nothing should be left to chance; check-posts, apart from being an irritant, have done nothing to secure the urban and settled areas. We need better intelligence to prevent the militants from moving ahead with their dastardly mission. An insecure security force translates into one that is incapable of securing the citizenry.
As further evidence of the virulent spread of terrorism in all its manifestations, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of Islamia College University, Dr Ajmal Khan, was kidnapped on Tuesday by suspected militants. Dr Ajmal is the cousin of Awami National Party’s Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan. It is suspected that the VC has been taken to the Khyber Agency in an eerily similar fashion to the November 2009 kidnapping of the VC of Kohat University of Science and Technology, Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel, who was also spirited off and kept in captivity by the militants for six months. Targeting senior academics is in line with the Taliban view of obliterating education. Another girls school has been blown up in Kalam. This is sadly a routine activity for the militants.
The terrorists are spreading and setting off their attacks like literal hand grenades in almost all regions of the country — tribal and urban. From Kohat to Hangu, where a blast targeting two police mobile vans killed one constable, and Karachi, where an activist of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat was gunned down, no place seems safe from the grip of terrorism. It is time that a full throttle plan is enforced against this scourge that is making its malignant presence felt every single day.
It is time that the flood relief transitioned into rehabilitation. It is time that the government and civil administration of the country take over managing the flood efforts from the army so that an organised military offensive once again strikes at the heart of the Taliban insurgency. Without the army fully engaging in eliminating the terrorists, such attacks are likely to be witnessed with increasing frequency. *
Merciless and vengeful, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has struck once again, this time in a police colony in Kohat. Detonating an explosives-laden pickup inside the compound, just behind the guarded police lines, the blast ripped through almost 300 buildings, including schools, markets and residential homes. The scenes were truly horrific as the majority of the 20 killed were women and children who were inside their homes during iftaar time. It is expected that the death toll will rise as there were still some people trapped under the rubble of the TTP’s latest attack.
Vowing to take revenge for the drone strikes in the tribal areas, the TTP has promised more attacks on security and government officials. Such grim announcements and brutal massacres should not come as a surprise as the past week has demonstrated just how determined the militants are to step up their game now that the military’s attention has been diverted towards flood relief. Anyone who thought that the softest targets in society — women, children and residential areas — would be safe, has not understood the reality of the shadowy enemy we are up against. The militants aim to cause maximum damage, widespread fear and loss of lives to prove their point; what better way than to target the most vulnerable? That is why Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has urged the security forces to implement well-coordinated and effective action against the terrorists. He has stated that it is vital that military attention be diverted from the floods to the insurgency once again.
After such an attack and chilling warning, it is vital that all efforts be taken to protect such areas. When it has been proclaimed that government, security and police officials are under the most threat, nothing should be left to chance; check-posts, apart from being an irritant, have done nothing to secure the urban and settled areas. We need better intelligence to prevent the militants from moving ahead with their dastardly mission. An insecure security force translates into one that is incapable of securing the citizenry.
As further evidence of the virulent spread of terrorism in all its manifestations, the Vice Chancellor (VC) of Islamia College University, Dr Ajmal Khan, was kidnapped on Tuesday by suspected militants. Dr Ajmal is the cousin of Awami National Party’s Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan. It is suspected that the VC has been taken to the Khyber Agency in an eerily similar fashion to the November 2009 kidnapping of the VC of Kohat University of Science and Technology, Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel, who was also spirited off and kept in captivity by the militants for six months. Targeting senior academics is in line with the Taliban view of obliterating education. Another girls school has been blown up in Kalam. This is sadly a routine activity for the militants.
The terrorists are spreading and setting off their attacks like literal hand grenades in almost all regions of the country — tribal and urban. From Kohat to Hangu, where a blast targeting two police mobile vans killed one constable, and Karachi, where an activist of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat was gunned down, no place seems safe from the grip of terrorism. It is time that a full throttle plan is enforced against this scourge that is making its malignant presence felt every single day.
It is time that the flood relief transitioned into rehabilitation. It is time that the government and civil administration of the country take over managing the flood efforts from the army so that an organised military offensive once again strikes at the heart of the Taliban insurgency. Without the army fully engaging in eliminating the terrorists, such attacks are likely to be witnessed with increasing frequency. *
Intelligence failure Kohat blast
Source Dawn
Two bomb blasts in two days targeting policemen and their families expose the weaknesses of our intelligence apparatus. First it was Lakki Marwat, where a suicide attacker rammed his vehicle into a police station. Then, on Tuesday, a bomb was detonated in a police residential colony in Kohat with deadly consequences. Add to this the deadly attacks on processions in Lahore and Quetta.
The intent of the militants is clear: they wish to demoralise the security forces of a country that is struggling for survival. This latest upsurge in violence is no coincidence — the enemies of Pakistan are attempting to inflict maximum damage at a time when resistance levels are low. As the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa information minister pointed out, terrorists are hitting the police when the country’s attention is diverted from militancy because of the ravages of floods. Such attacks should have been foreseen and the intelligence failures involved are simply unacceptable.
True, the country’s military is stretched to the limit as we speak. It is in the forefront of rescue and relief operations that were beyond the capacity, and perhaps will, of the civil administration. Still, not for a moment can the fight against militancy be forgotten and nor can terrorists be allowed to regroup. The reports trickling in from the tribal areas are troubling. On the run last year following the armed forces’ fierce offensive, groups operating under the umbrella of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan are now said to be making a comeback and making the most of the nation’s misery. They cannot be allowed to succeed in their mission.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s remarks about Balochistan do not help at this critical juncture, because the problems plaguing that province are dissimilar from the wider fight against terrorism. Playing to the gallery, he said in Quetta on Tuesday that “use of force” was the only option available for restoring law and order in Balochistan. Missing the point entirely, the interior minister appears to be in favour of a Malakand-kind military operation in Balochistan which is only bound to fuel tensions, not quell them. Instead, he should be looking into tracking down those who fund militancy in this country and seem to have easy access to explosives. The minister needs to set his priorities right and gather better intelligence on terrorist networks and the routes they use, apparently with abandon. What is needed here is prevention. The ‘Balochistan issue’ is entirely different in its complexity from the insurgency raging in the tribal belt. Balochistan’s woes have been decades in the making and can only be resolved through dialogue.
Two bomb blasts in two days targeting policemen and their families expose the weaknesses of our intelligence apparatus. First it was Lakki Marwat, where a suicide attacker rammed his vehicle into a police station. Then, on Tuesday, a bomb was detonated in a police residential colony in Kohat with deadly consequences. Add to this the deadly attacks on processions in Lahore and Quetta.
The intent of the militants is clear: they wish to demoralise the security forces of a country that is struggling for survival. This latest upsurge in violence is no coincidence — the enemies of Pakistan are attempting to inflict maximum damage at a time when resistance levels are low. As the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa information minister pointed out, terrorists are hitting the police when the country’s attention is diverted from militancy because of the ravages of floods. Such attacks should have been foreseen and the intelligence failures involved are simply unacceptable.
True, the country’s military is stretched to the limit as we speak. It is in the forefront of rescue and relief operations that were beyond the capacity, and perhaps will, of the civil administration. Still, not for a moment can the fight against militancy be forgotten and nor can terrorists be allowed to regroup. The reports trickling in from the tribal areas are troubling. On the run last year following the armed forces’ fierce offensive, groups operating under the umbrella of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan are now said to be making a comeback and making the most of the nation’s misery. They cannot be allowed to succeed in their mission.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s remarks about Balochistan do not help at this critical juncture, because the problems plaguing that province are dissimilar from the wider fight against terrorism. Playing to the gallery, he said in Quetta on Tuesday that “use of force” was the only option available for restoring law and order in Balochistan. Missing the point entirely, the interior minister appears to be in favour of a Malakand-kind military operation in Balochistan which is only bound to fuel tensions, not quell them. Instead, he should be looking into tracking down those who fund militancy in this country and seem to have easy access to explosives. The minister needs to set his priorities right and gather better intelligence on terrorist networks and the routes they use, apparently with abandon. What is needed here is prevention. The ‘Balochistan issue’ is entirely different in its complexity from the insurgency raging in the tribal belt. Balochistan’s woes have been decades in the making and can only be resolved through dialogue.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Car bomb kills 16 near police complex in Kohat
Source Dawn
Sixteen people including women and children were killed and more than 50 wounded in a car bomb attack targeting a police headquarters in Kohat on Tuesday.
Six policemen were among the dead in the latest attack and police said the other victims were women and children who were breaking their fast in the garrison city, close to the lawless tribal areas of Khyber and Orakzai.
“It was a car bomb blast, we are investigating whether the car was parked or was exploded by a suicide bomber,” Khalid Khan, a top administrative official in Kohat, told AFP.
“Six children, four women and six policemen died.” The toll was confirmed by a senior police official in Kohat, Dilawar Bangash, who said that 54 people were wounded.
A police residential complex was severely damaged and houses nearby had also collapsed, trapping people in the rubble.
Rescue workers were facing difficulties as electricity was suspended after the blast.
There was no claim of responsibility, but the Pakistani Taliban has been blamed for similar bombings.
Sixteen people including women and children were killed and more than 50 wounded in a car bomb attack targeting a police headquarters in Kohat on Tuesday.
Six policemen were among the dead in the latest attack and police said the other victims were women and children who were breaking their fast in the garrison city, close to the lawless tribal areas of Khyber and Orakzai.
“It was a car bomb blast, we are investigating whether the car was parked or was exploded by a suicide bomber,” Khalid Khan, a top administrative official in Kohat, told AFP.
“Six children, four women and six policemen died.” The toll was confirmed by a senior police official in Kohat, Dilawar Bangash, who said that 54 people were wounded.
A police residential complex was severely damaged and houses nearby had also collapsed, trapping people in the rubble.
Rescue workers were facing difficulties as electricity was suspended after the blast.
There was no claim of responsibility, but the Pakistani Taliban has been blamed for similar bombings.
Kohat University of Science students asked to vacate hostels
Source Dawn
The administration of Kohat University of Science and Technology (Kust) has asked the students to vacate two hostels before Sept 6 otherwise it will not be responsible for any loss of luggage.
University sources told Dawn that the administration had decided to give two hostels -- B-1 and B-2 -- to a private contractor, who had been authorised to fix the monthly rent.
The students of several unions contacted Dawn and said that they would not vacate the hostels at any cost because the administration was already charging exorbitant annual tuition fee and now wanted to put more financial burden on the students.
Earlier, the university provost in a press release had informed the students to voluntarily vacate these hostels for necessary repair and whitewash.He said that after Eid holidays the hostels would be handed over to a private contractor who would make fresh allotments. He also warned that if the hostels were not vacated before the deadline, the university administration would remove the belongings of the students by force and it would not be responsible for any kind of damage to the luggage.
On the other hand, the students alleged that the private contractor was not being brought to improve the living conditions and solve their problem, but in fact the administration wanted to generate handsome profit from its hostels by privatising them, which was not in the interest of poor students.
They expressed the fear that many students would not be able to bear extra burden of the revised rent and might be forced to discontinue their studies.
It had been learnt that the increase in annual fee of the Kohat Medical College and Kust had been made following the announcement of 60 per cent cut by the Higher Education Commission in varsity allocations. The universities had been asked to immediately halt new constructions and projects and delay the running projects by three years.
Kust, established in an old building of the commerce college, bore the major brunt as it had to stop construction of hostels and classrooms. As a result more than 50 per cent students of the medical college and Kust had to hire rooms in private guest houses and hotels at their own expense.
The students belonging to well-to-do families were living in furnished guest houses while the poor lot had to hire accommodation in dirty business centres of Kohat like chicken market and live as neighbours with the eunuch community in Teerah Bazaar.Dawn
The administration of Kohat University of Science and Technology (Kust) has asked the students to vacate two hostels before Sept 6 otherwise it will not be responsible for any loss of luggage.
University sources told Dawn that the administration had decided to give two hostels -- B-1 and B-2 -- to a private contractor, who had been authorised to fix the monthly rent.
The students of several unions contacted Dawn and said that they would not vacate the hostels at any cost because the administration was already charging exorbitant annual tuition fee and now wanted to put more financial burden on the students.
Earlier, the university provost in a press release had informed the students to voluntarily vacate these hostels for necessary repair and whitewash.He said that after Eid holidays the hostels would be handed over to a private contractor who would make fresh allotments. He also warned that if the hostels were not vacated before the deadline, the university administration would remove the belongings of the students by force and it would not be responsible for any kind of damage to the luggage.
On the other hand, the students alleged that the private contractor was not being brought to improve the living conditions and solve their problem, but in fact the administration wanted to generate handsome profit from its hostels by privatising them, which was not in the interest of poor students.
They expressed the fear that many students would not be able to bear extra burden of the revised rent and might be forced to discontinue their studies.
It had been learnt that the increase in annual fee of the Kohat Medical College and Kust had been made following the announcement of 60 per cent cut by the Higher Education Commission in varsity allocations. The universities had been asked to immediately halt new constructions and projects and delay the running projects by three years.
Kust, established in an old building of the commerce college, bore the major brunt as it had to stop construction of hostels and classrooms. As a result more than 50 per cent students of the medical college and Kust had to hire rooms in private guest houses and hotels at their own expense.
The students belonging to well-to-do families were living in furnished guest houses while the poor lot had to hire accommodation in dirty business centres of Kohat like chicken market and live as neighbours with the eunuch community in Teerah Bazaar.Dawn
Gas deposit found in heart of Kohat town
Source Dawn
A bit of good news for the energy-starved nation — the state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has discovered significant natural gas reserves in the heart of Kohat city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to a statement issued by the company on Friday, the discovery was made during exploration of Shekhan well-1 which produced 15 million cubic feet of gas (MMCFD) through 32/64 inch choke size at wellhead flowing at a remarkable pressure of 2,500psi.
Drilling on the premises of Kohat Development Authority is reported to have produced high quality natural gas with 96 per cent methane and 1,041 British thermal unit (BTU) per cubic feet of heating value.
A company spokesman said the discovery was made in the third week of June at Lumshiwal, one of three formations identified by technical experts for drilling.
Two more formations to be explored over the next few months are expected to produce more gas and may yield even better results.
Operated by OGDCL, Kohat Exploration Licence is a joint venture of Tullow Pakistan, Mari Gas Company and SAIF Energy Limited.
A bit of good news for the energy-starved nation — the state-run Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has discovered significant natural gas reserves in the heart of Kohat city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to a statement issued by the company on Friday, the discovery was made during exploration of Shekhan well-1 which produced 15 million cubic feet of gas (MMCFD) through 32/64 inch choke size at wellhead flowing at a remarkable pressure of 2,500psi.
Drilling on the premises of Kohat Development Authority is reported to have produced high quality natural gas with 96 per cent methane and 1,041 British thermal unit (BTU) per cubic feet of heating value.
A company spokesman said the discovery was made in the third week of June at Lumshiwal, one of three formations identified by technical experts for drilling.
Two more formations to be explored over the next few months are expected to produce more gas and may yield even better results.
Operated by OGDCL, Kohat Exploration Licence is a joint venture of Tullow Pakistan, Mari Gas Company and SAIF Energy Limited.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Three injured in Kohat jungle khel bomb attack
Source Daily Mashriq
Three children were injured in Kohat Jungle Khel when some unidentified people through Hand grenede on the house. According to details some unknown people through a hand grenade in the house of Mukammal Shah due to which he three grand childrens were injured whom were rushed to KDA hospital. Police and Law enforcement agencies reached at the spot and start collecting the parts of bombs particles.The police registered the case against unknown people.
Three children were injured in Kohat Jungle Khel when some unidentified people through Hand grenede on the house. According to details some unknown people through a hand grenade in the house of Mukammal Shah due to which he three grand childrens were injured whom were rushed to KDA hospital. Police and Law enforcement agencies reached at the spot and start collecting the parts of bombs particles.The police registered the case against unknown people.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Two die as militant groups clash in Darra
Source The News
Two militants were killed while four soldiers sustained injures in two separate incidents in Darra Adamkhel Monday, official sources said.
The sources said members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Darra Adamkhel led by Tariq Afridi and pro-government militants led by Momin Afridi exchanged fire with heavy arms in Razakhel village of Akhorwal in Darra Adamkhel in the wee hours of Monday.
Two militants Roaid and Mushtaq of Tariq Afridi group were killed in the firefight. Their bodies were found in the forest of Razakhel. Meanwhile, four soldiers were injured when militants opened fire on security personnel manning a checkpost in Akhorwal area at 5 p.m.
The militants fled the scene after the attack. The security forces launched a search operation to track down the militants in the area while injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Kohat.
Source The News
Two militants were killed while four soldiers sustained injures in two separate incidents in Darra Adamkhel Monday, official sources said.
The sources said members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Darra Adamkhel led by Tariq Afridi and pro-government militants led by Momin Afridi exchanged fire with heavy arms in Razakhel village of Akhorwal in Darra Adamkhel in the wee hours of Monday.
Two militants Roaid and Mushtaq of Tariq Afridi group were killed in the firefight. Their bodies were found in the forest of Razakhel. Meanwhile, four soldiers were injured when militants opened fire on security personnel manning a checkpost in Akhorwal area at 5 p.m.
The militants fled the scene after the attack. The security forces launched a search operation to track down the militants in the area while injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital in Kohat.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
3 boys drown in Kohat
Source The News
Three teenaged boys, including two brothers, drowned in a pond here, local sources said Wednesday. The sources said the two brothers, Syed Kamran Shah, 12, and Syed Yaseen Shah, 13, residents of Borka village, were swimming in the pond near their home when they drowned in deep water. A cousin of the deceased, Jehanzeb Shah, 14, jumped into the pond to rescue them but he also drowned.
Three teenaged boys, including two brothers, drowned in a pond here, local sources said Wednesday. The sources said the two brothers, Syed Kamran Shah, 12, and Syed Yaseen Shah, 13, residents of Borka village, were swimming in the pond near their home when they drowned in deep water. A cousin of the deceased, Jehanzeb Shah, 14, jumped into the pond to rescue them but he also drowned.
Waterborne diseases on the rise in Kohat
Source The News
Scores of people, including children and women, were admitted to different hospitals of Kohat division after being affected by conjunctivitis (an infectious eye disease) and other waterborne diseases here, doctors said on Tuesday.
They said that there were no arrangements to drain out stagnant flood and rainwater of Kohat city and its adjoining areas, which had caused the outbreak of eye and water-borne diseases. They said that around 4,900 people were suffering from eye-related diseases while 3,100 affectees of waterborne disease had been admitted to different hospitals.
A child specialist at Children and Women Hospital Kohat Dr Mehar Ali said that conjunctivitis and other waterborne diseases had broken out after the recent floods. He said they were receiving 150 to 200 children affected by such disease on a daily basis. An eye specialist at District Headquarters Hospital Dr Irfanullah said that conjunctivitis had spread very rapidly in the area.
Scores of people, including children and women, were admitted to different hospitals of Kohat division after being affected by conjunctivitis (an infectious eye disease) and other waterborne diseases here, doctors said on Tuesday.
They said that there were no arrangements to drain out stagnant flood and rainwater of Kohat city and its adjoining areas, which had caused the outbreak of eye and water-borne diseases. They said that around 4,900 people were suffering from eye-related diseases while 3,100 affectees of waterborne disease had been admitted to different hospitals.
A child specialist at Children and Women Hospital Kohat Dr Mehar Ali said that conjunctivitis and other waterborne diseases had broken out after the recent floods. He said they were receiving 150 to 200 children affected by such disease on a daily basis. An eye specialist at District Headquarters Hospital Dr Irfanullah said that conjunctivitis had spread very rapidly in the area.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Gas supply to south Punjab suspended
Source Dawn
The gas supply to southern Punjab and Shakardarra was suspended due to severe damage caused to the main pipeline at Swerokas area on Monday night, official sources said.
The 12-inch main pipeline supplying gas to southern Punjab through Daud Khel from Gurguri was damaged as a result of a blast when a huge rock fell on it. The police and technical teams rushed to the scene around midnight to ascertain the cause of the blast.
Later the police confirmed that the pipeline had been damaged due to falling of a rock on it and it was not sabotage. The pipeline supplies gas to Mianwali in Punjab and Shakardarra in Kohat district.
The gas supply to southern Punjab and Shakardarra was suspended due to severe damage caused to the main pipeline at Swerokas area on Monday night, official sources said.
The 12-inch main pipeline supplying gas to southern Punjab through Daud Khel from Gurguri was damaged as a result of a blast when a huge rock fell on it. The police and technical teams rushed to the scene around midnight to ascertain the cause of the blast.
Later the police confirmed that the pipeline had been damaged due to falling of a rock on it and it was not sabotage. The pipeline supplies gas to Mianwali in Punjab and Shakardarra in Kohat district.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Prolonged power outages: Protesters torch Pesco offices, vehicles
Source Dawn
In Kohat about 500 armed men, belonging to Nasrat Khel village, blocked Kohat-Hangu Highway while women also blocked Rawalpindi Road and Bannu Road at College Town and Chakar Kot, respectively.
The armed villagers marched towards Kohat city and attacked the sub-divisional rural office of Pesco, situated in Happy valley. They damaged the furniture and gadgets at the office. However, the Pesco officials escaped in time to save their lives.
After ransacking the Pesco office, protesters went back to Nasrat Khel area and burnt a jeep, bearing registration number SNA-4722, to vent their anger. They also resorted to intense firing in the air with automatic weapons which kept police away from them. A man identified as Jasmeen, son of Irshad, was also injured in the firing and taken to hospital.
The protesters said that they were forced by Pesco to stage protest rally as it continued power loadshedding even during Iftar and Sahri timings. They said that they spent the entire night without electricity.
The elders of the village said that Pesco had been keeping power suspended for the last several days without any prior announcement. The protesters blocked the road in sizzling heat at 10:45pm and opened it for traffic at 4:30pm.
Two deputy superintendents of police, Lal Fareed and Abdul Qayyum, along with Pesco superintendent held talks with the elders of the village and convinced them to postpone the protest till Friday.
The elders said that they would meet District Coordination Officer Shahidullah and take a final decision about ending protest after getting assurance from him.
The women also took out to the roads in College Town and Chakar Kot owing to suspension of electricity and scarcity of drinking water in the areas. The women protesters dispersed peacefully after blocking the roads for half an hour.
On the other hand, police arrested Fazal Rehman and Adil and registered a case against them for attacking the Pesco office and making the officials hostages.
In Kohat about 500 armed men, belonging to Nasrat Khel village, blocked Kohat-Hangu Highway while women also blocked Rawalpindi Road and Bannu Road at College Town and Chakar Kot, respectively.
The armed villagers marched towards Kohat city and attacked the sub-divisional rural office of Pesco, situated in Happy valley. They damaged the furniture and gadgets at the office. However, the Pesco officials escaped in time to save their lives.
After ransacking the Pesco office, protesters went back to Nasrat Khel area and burnt a jeep, bearing registration number SNA-4722, to vent their anger. They also resorted to intense firing in the air with automatic weapons which kept police away from them. A man identified as Jasmeen, son of Irshad, was also injured in the firing and taken to hospital.
The protesters said that they were forced by Pesco to stage protest rally as it continued power loadshedding even during Iftar and Sahri timings. They said that they spent the entire night without electricity.
The elders of the village said that Pesco had been keeping power suspended for the last several days without any prior announcement. The protesters blocked the road in sizzling heat at 10:45pm and opened it for traffic at 4:30pm.
Two deputy superintendents of police, Lal Fareed and Abdul Qayyum, along with Pesco superintendent held talks with the elders of the village and convinced them to postpone the protest till Friday.
The elders said that they would meet District Coordination Officer Shahidullah and take a final decision about ending protest after getting assurance from him.
The women also took out to the roads in College Town and Chakar Kot owing to suspension of electricity and scarcity of drinking water in the areas. The women protesters dispersed peacefully after blocking the roads for half an hour.
On the other hand, police arrested Fazal Rehman and Adil and registered a case against them for attacking the Pesco office and making the officials hostages.
Friday, August 13, 2010
4 people killed at Indus Highway at Karak
Source: Daily Mashriq
Four people killed and two injured in accident at Indus Highway near Karak. According to details on Indus Highway near Shaheedan More a Suzuki Carry going to Peshawar collied with a truck going to D I Khan. Due to this accident Muhammad Waqar, Sher Ali and Inamullah resident of Peshawar and one Muhammad Saleem died at the spot. The two critically injured person Abdul Waheed and Ahmed were shifted to hospital for treatment.
Four people killed and two injured in accident at Indus Highway near Karak. According to details on Indus Highway near Shaheedan More a Suzuki Carry going to Peshawar collied with a truck going to D I Khan. Due to this accident Muhammad Waqar, Sher Ali and Inamullah resident of Peshawar and one Muhammad Saleem died at the spot. The two critically injured person Abdul Waheed and Ahmed were shifted to hospital for treatment.
Khushalgarh Bridge reopens
Source Dawn
The authorities have reopened Khushalgarh Bridge, which connects Kohat with Rawalpindi, for light traffic and train service.
The decision to reopen the bridge was taken after the Railways Division and National Highway Authority gave clearance that it was safe for traffic after level of floodwater receded considerably.
The bridge was closed for all kinds of traffic two days ago for the second time during the last fortnight due to threat by heavy floods in the Indus River.
The authorities have reopened Khushalgarh Bridge, which connects Kohat with Rawalpindi, for light traffic and train service.
The decision to reopen the bridge was taken after the Railways Division and National Highway Authority gave clearance that it was safe for traffic after level of floodwater receded considerably.
The bridge was closed for all kinds of traffic two days ago for the second time during the last fortnight due to threat by heavy floods in the Indus River.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Three Killed in Lachi Kohat
Source Daily Mashriq
Three person killed in firing incidents in Lachi Teshsil of Kohat. According to details in Samarai Bala area of Lachi one father and his son were killed by Nabat Khan, Fareed ullah, Roman, Umar Farooq, Gul Saeed and Muhammad Hasan. The victims were Israr Gul and Noor ul Amin while one person Shamsur Rehman was injured. In another incident in Lachi Shamroz Khan, Roshan Hayat, Hasan Hayat and Mashfiq Hayat killed their rival group's Guldar Sher and fled from the scene.
Three person killed in firing incidents in Lachi Teshsil of Kohat. According to details in Samarai Bala area of Lachi one father and his son were killed by Nabat Khan, Fareed ullah, Roman, Umar Farooq, Gul Saeed and Muhammad Hasan. The victims were Israr Gul and Noor ul Amin while one person Shamsur Rehman was injured. In another incident in Lachi Shamroz Khan, Roshan Hayat, Hasan Hayat and Mashfiq Hayat killed their rival group's Guldar Sher and fled from the scene.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Fresh rain in Kohat more deaths
Source Dawn
Two women and two girls of the same family were killed and two others injured when roof of their house caved in due to heavy rains in Jabbi area of Kohat.
Rabela Jan, Nirma Jan, Nazia, 5, and Shehla, 3, were admitted to a local hospital but they died of injuries, hospital sources told Dawn.
Two women of the same family, Maqsooda and Saira, who were injured when their house collapsed, were admitted in the KDA divisional headquarter hospital.
The rescuers pulled out a body from flood waters in Thall Behzadi area. The dead was identified as Muhammad Saeed, resident of Azghun Banda village in Shahpur Town.
Floods washed away two children destroyed dozens of houses and a mosque completely in Katakanri area of Hangu district.
A minor girl, Laiba, and a seven-years-old boy, Saad, were killed when roof of a house fell in Shawa area on Hangu-Thall road in the small hours of Saturday. A new bridge constructed at a cost of Rs30 million recently in Mandoori area in Thall tehsil of Hangu District was badly damaged, a local elder Maulana Jalil told this correspondent.
He further said that the floodwater inundated Hangu courts, post office and a hospital. The floodwaters washed away a Hiace wagon in Kharshu Banda. The driver of the wagon managed to jump out of the vehicle safely. There was four feet deep water standing inside these government buildings which destroyed all furniture and electronic gadgets, he said. Maulana Jalil complained that despite widespread devastation caused by floods in the district, no public representative or official were seen in the affected areas where people were crying for help.
The flash floods caused by incessant rains in the whole Kohat District affected Mohammedzai, Nasrat Khel, Hafizabad, Jungle Khel, Jarma, and Kaghazai. The rains started around 6pm on Friday and continued till Saturday evening.
The district coordination officer declared emergency in Kaghzai, Nasrat Khel and Jarma after receiving reports that a 45,000 cusecs of water would pass through the narrow Kohat Toi nullah, two kilometers from the Kohat city. Last week 50,000 cusecs of water passed through the same stream which claimed 13 lives when a bridge fell on the people in Jarma.
Two women and two girls of the same family were killed and two others injured when roof of their house caved in due to heavy rains in Jabbi area of Kohat.
Rabela Jan, Nirma Jan, Nazia, 5, and Shehla, 3, were admitted to a local hospital but they died of injuries, hospital sources told Dawn.
Two women of the same family, Maqsooda and Saira, who were injured when their house collapsed, were admitted in the KDA divisional headquarter hospital.
The rescuers pulled out a body from flood waters in Thall Behzadi area. The dead was identified as Muhammad Saeed, resident of Azghun Banda village in Shahpur Town.
Floods washed away two children destroyed dozens of houses and a mosque completely in Katakanri area of Hangu district.
A minor girl, Laiba, and a seven-years-old boy, Saad, were killed when roof of a house fell in Shawa area on Hangu-Thall road in the small hours of Saturday. A new bridge constructed at a cost of Rs30 million recently in Mandoori area in Thall tehsil of Hangu District was badly damaged, a local elder Maulana Jalil told this correspondent.
He further said that the floodwater inundated Hangu courts, post office and a hospital. The floodwaters washed away a Hiace wagon in Kharshu Banda. The driver of the wagon managed to jump out of the vehicle safely. There was four feet deep water standing inside these government buildings which destroyed all furniture and electronic gadgets, he said. Maulana Jalil complained that despite widespread devastation caused by floods in the district, no public representative or official were seen in the affected areas where people were crying for help.
The flash floods caused by incessant rains in the whole Kohat District affected Mohammedzai, Nasrat Khel, Hafizabad, Jungle Khel, Jarma, and Kaghazai. The rains started around 6pm on Friday and continued till Saturday evening.
The district coordination officer declared emergency in Kaghzai, Nasrat Khel and Jarma after receiving reports that a 45,000 cusecs of water would pass through the narrow Kohat Toi nullah, two kilometers from the Kohat city. Last week 50,000 cusecs of water passed through the same stream which claimed 13 lives when a bridge fell on the people in Jarma.
Meat Shop of City Govt Kohat
Source Daily Mashriq
Kohat City Government has opened the meat shop to provide the meat to local people at official rates.According to details the District Price Review committee has fixed the rate of meat at 170 per KG but the butchers are reluctant to sell at this rate and they starts strike. Due to this the city goverment take the deceision to open the store and provide the meat at official rates.
Kohat City Government has opened the meat shop to provide the meat to local people at official rates.According to details the District Price Review committee has fixed the rate of meat at 170 per KG but the butchers are reluctant to sell at this rate and they starts strike. Due to this the city goverment take the deceision to open the store and provide the meat at official rates.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Floods killed 22, 2500 houses washed away
Source Daily Mashriq
According to initial survey the recent rains and flood in Kohat Division causes death of 22 people and about 2500 houses were washed away. The situation in kohat refugee camps is deteriorating and the risk of epidemic is increasing due to mismanagement and unhygienic foods availability in the Division. According the weather report the new rain system has entered in Kohat Division and it is causing further rains in different localities of Kohat areas which may casue further loss.
According to initial survey the recent rains and flood in Kohat Division causes death of 22 people and about 2500 houses were washed away. The situation in kohat refugee camps is deteriorating and the risk of epidemic is increasing due to mismanagement and unhygienic foods availability in the Division. According the weather report the new rain system has entered in Kohat Division and it is causing further rains in different localities of Kohat areas which may casue further loss.
Khushall Garh Bridge opened
According to television source the Khushall Bridge has been opened for small vehicles on test basis.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
flood hits kohat
Source Daily Mashriq
Khushall Garh Bridge has been closed for all kinds of traffic due to heavy rain in the district. The Jarma Bridge was collapsed so far bodies of 12 people were recovered from the debris and more are expected. At least 39 people were killed in flash floods during the last 48 hours and count will go up according to Commissioner Kohat Muhammad Khalid Khan Umarzai. Three Colleges and School were vacated for affected people of Flood and relief camps are also erected at other location where free food is provided to the people.
Khushall Garh Bridge has been closed for all kinds of traffic due to heavy rain in the district. The Jarma Bridge was collapsed so far bodies of 12 people were recovered from the debris and more are expected. At least 39 people were killed in flash floods during the last 48 hours and count will go up according to Commissioner Kohat Muhammad Khalid Khan Umarzai. Three Colleges and School were vacated for affected people of Flood and relief camps are also erected at other location where free food is provided to the people.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
5 of a family die as rocket hits house
Source The News
Five members including three minors of a family were killed when rocket fired by the militants struck a house in Darra Adamkhel Monday, tribal sources said. The sources said that militants fired a rocket from an undisclosed location that hit the house of Alif Khan in Akakhel area bordering Khyber Agency. The rocket killed five members of his family on the spot. The dead included two women and three children. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the incident, which caused anguish in the area.
Five members including three minors of a family were killed when rocket fired by the militants struck a house in Darra Adamkhel Monday, tribal sources said. The sources said that militants fired a rocket from an undisclosed location that hit the house of Alif Khan in Akakhel area bordering Khyber Agency. The rocket killed five members of his family on the spot. The dead included two women and three children. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the incident, which caused anguish in the area.
17 militants die in Darra clash
Source The News
The security forces killed 17 militants and captured another eight in a clash during a search operation in Akakhel area in Darra Adamkhel Monday, official sources said. The sources said the security forces launched a search operation in Akakhel area and exchanged heavy gunfire with the militants. As a result, 17 militants were killed and eight others arrested. Security forces also seized two vehicles, arms and explosives from the possession of militants. Bodies of the militants were taken into custody while eight captured militants has been shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.
The security forces killed 17 militants and captured another eight in a clash during a search operation in Akakhel area in Darra Adamkhel Monday, official sources said. The sources said the security forces launched a search operation in Akakhel area and exchanged heavy gunfire with the militants. As a result, 17 militants were killed and eight others arrested. Security forces also seized two vehicles, arms and explosives from the possession of militants. Bodies of the militants were taken into custody while eight captured militants has been shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.
Deranged man shot dead for killing 5
Source Dawn
A mentally deranged man killed five female members of his family in Bosti Khel area of Darra Adam Khel late Sunday night.
The political administration said that a mentally sick tribesman, Aetebar Khan, opened fire with a Kalashnikov in his house in Bosti Khel area. His wife, sister, two nieces and one relative were killed in the incident.
The local tribesmen reached the house and pulled out the man from the room where he had locked himself along with the body of his wife. He was later shot dead by enraged tribesmen who feared that he might harm more people in the area.
The area elders rejected the suggestion of sending the man to lunatic asylum and preferred to kill him.
A mentally deranged man killed five female members of his family in Bosti Khel area of Darra Adam Khel late Sunday night.
The political administration said that a mentally sick tribesman, Aetebar Khan, opened fire with a Kalashnikov in his house in Bosti Khel area. His wife, sister, two nieces and one relative were killed in the incident.
The local tribesmen reached the house and pulled out the man from the room where he had locked himself along with the body of his wife. He was later shot dead by enraged tribesmen who feared that he might harm more people in the area.
The area elders rejected the suggestion of sending the man to lunatic asylum and preferred to kill him.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Beheaded bodies of two pro-govt militants found
Beheaded bodies of two pro-government militants were found in Zor Killay and Bostikhel area in the semi-tribal Darra Adamkhel region on Wednesday, official sources said.
The sources said that militants belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Darra Adamkhel chapter had kidnapped Dost Muhammad, Umar Khan and Jannat Gul from Shiraki village some four days ago. They said the militants later beheaded Dost Muhammad and Umar Khan, who were brothers, and dumped their bodies in Zor Killay and Bostikhel area in Darra Adamkhel. The slain persons belonged to Momin group of Darra-based pro-government militants, the sources said. The third kidnapped person was still untraceable and might be in the custody of the militants, they added.
Later, the political administration collected the bodies and handed these to the relatives. Meanwhile, three rockets fired by militants from unknown direction landed in the mountainous Sultankhel area near Jawaki in Frontier Region Kohat. The sources said the rockets missed the target and fell on the hills that caused no loss of life or damage to property
The sources said that militants belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Darra Adamkhel chapter had kidnapped Dost Muhammad, Umar Khan and Jannat Gul from Shiraki village some four days ago. They said the militants later beheaded Dost Muhammad and Umar Khan, who were brothers, and dumped their bodies in Zor Killay and Bostikhel area in Darra Adamkhel. The slain persons belonged to Momin group of Darra-based pro-government militants, the sources said. The third kidnapped person was still untraceable and might be in the custody of the militants, they added.
Later, the political administration collected the bodies and handed these to the relatives. Meanwhile, three rockets fired by militants from unknown direction landed in the mountainous Sultankhel area near Jawaki in Frontier Region Kohat. The sources said the rockets missed the target and fell on the hills that caused no loss of life or damage to property
Thursday, June 24, 2010
JI leader shot dead in Darra Adamkhel
Source: Dawn
nidentified persons shot dead Haji Mohammad Khan, the Jamaat-i-Islami chief for Frontier Region of Kohat, near his house in Sheraki area on Wednesday, officials said.
They said that the JI leader was going to his arms factory in Darra Adamkhel when unidentified persons opened firing on him. He died instantly.
Local religious and political circles held Taliban responsible for the cold blooded murder of JI leader. They said that militants had been demanding money from him as he was a rich man and owned arms factories and other property.
He had been receiving messages from Taliban to sponsor them in their war against security forces and donate fixed a amount every month.
It is important to mention here that a senior leader of JI Fida Saadi was also killed a few days ago by unidentified armed men in Hangu.
nidentified persons shot dead Haji Mohammad Khan, the Jamaat-i-Islami chief for Frontier Region of Kohat, near his house in Sheraki area on Wednesday, officials said.
They said that the JI leader was going to his arms factory in Darra Adamkhel when unidentified persons opened firing on him. He died instantly.
Local religious and political circles held Taliban responsible for the cold blooded murder of JI leader. They said that militants had been demanding money from him as he was a rich man and owned arms factories and other property.
He had been receiving messages from Taliban to sponsor them in their war against security forces and donate fixed a amount every month.
It is important to mention here that a senior leader of JI Fida Saadi was also killed a few days ago by unidentified armed men in Hangu.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
17 die in Karak road accident
Source The News
Seventeen people, including two women and two children, were killed and seven others sustained injuries in a collision between a Hiace and a trailer on the Indus Highway early on Monday. Police said the Hiace (BM 640), carrying newspapers from Islamabad to Bannu, rammed into the trailer (TLL 382 Lasbela) near Pashano Ghundi on Indus Highway in the jurisdiction of the Karak Police Station at about 5:40 am. Eyewitnesses and hospital sources said 17 people, including two women and two children, died and seven others sustained injuries in the accident
Seventeen people, including two women and two children, were killed and seven others sustained injuries in a collision between a Hiace and a trailer on the Indus Highway early on Monday. Police said the Hiace (BM 640), carrying newspapers from Islamabad to Bannu, rammed into the trailer (TLL 382 Lasbela) near Pashano Ghundi on Indus Highway in the jurisdiction of the Karak Police Station at about 5:40 am. Eyewitnesses and hospital sources said 17 people, including two women and two children, died and seven others sustained injuries in the accident
Kohat varsity fails to provide roll number slips
Source The News
Several students of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) from Kurram Agency could not appear in the fist paper on Tuesday as the Kohat University failed to provide them roll number slips in time, sources said.
The sources said BA and BSc examinations got underway and first paper - Islamiyat (compulsory) — was scheduled for Tuesday but several students were not allowed to enter the examination hall because they did not have the roll number slips.
The students made pleas to the examination staff that it was not their fault but to no avail.The affected students later staged a protest to voice their resentment at the negligence on the part of the Kohat University staff and demanded action by the higher authorities.
Some of the students, Abdullah, Javed and Mohammad Ghulam who missed the paper, told The News that the Kohat University was meting step motherly treatment to the students from Kurram Agency.
The aggrieved students demanded of the university authorities to provide them roll number slips so that they could appear in the remaining papers. They also requested the governor and other relevant authorities to take action against the erring staff of the examination department of the university whose irresponsible action caused them academic loss.
Several students of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) from Kurram Agency could not appear in the fist paper on Tuesday as the Kohat University failed to provide them roll number slips in time, sources said.
The sources said BA and BSc examinations got underway and first paper - Islamiyat (compulsory) — was scheduled for Tuesday but several students were not allowed to enter the examination hall because they did not have the roll number slips.
The students made pleas to the examination staff that it was not their fault but to no avail.The affected students later staged a protest to voice their resentment at the negligence on the part of the Kohat University staff and demanded action by the higher authorities.
Some of the students, Abdullah, Javed and Mohammad Ghulam who missed the paper, told The News that the Kohat University was meting step motherly treatment to the students from Kurram Agency.
The aggrieved students demanded of the university authorities to provide them roll number slips so that they could appear in the remaining papers. They also requested the governor and other relevant authorities to take action against the erring staff of the examination department of the university whose irresponsible action caused them academic loss.
Militants free KUST VC after 6 months of captivity
Source: The News
Militants on Tuesday freed vice-chancellor of the Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel, after six and a half months of captivity.
“Yes, he has been released and first went to the Governor’s House for a meeting with Owais Ahmed Ghani,” Saleh Kakakhel, the eldest son of the released academician, who had been running from pillar to post to secure the recovery of his father, confirmed to The News.
The Kohat commissioner also confirmed the recovery of missing vice- chancellor and said he had been recovered from a tribal area. “We have been making hectic efforts for his release since he was kidnapped. The kidnappers had been shifting him from one place to another. Finally we managed his safe and sound recovery,” Khalid Khan Umerazai, commissioner of Kohat division, said.The recovered senior academician was taken to the Governor’s House amid strict security.
Commissioner Kohat, a source said, had asked Dr Lutfullah a few days before his kidnapping to take proper security measures while travelling through volatile Darra Adamkhel. The vice-chancellor, however, never paid heed to the matter that concerned his security.
It was not known whether ransom had been paid to the kidnappers or the security forces managed to recover the scientist. Sources disclosed the kidnappers were demanding Rs40 million as well as release of some of their men for freeing Dr Kakakhel.
Authorities had arrested 63 tribesmen from Frontier Region Kohat and impounded their four vehicles under Collective Responsibility Section of the Frontier Crimes Regulation in the case. Search operations were conducted in Orakzai and Pastawuna area of Darra Adamkhel as well as other tribal areas in the past six months for the recovery of Dr Lutfullah.
“I am thankful to all those who made efforts for my release,” Dr Lutfullah told media persons. He added that kidnappers had made him hostage to secure release of their men.Hundreds of relatives, friends, colleagues and students of Dr Lutfullah gathered at his residence to greet the vice-chancellor. Many broke into tears after failing to control their emotions.
Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel, in his early 60s, was kidnapped on November 6 last year along with driver Raj Wali and another staff member Nadir Sarfaraz from Akhurwal, Darra Adamkhel on way from office to his residence inside the UoP campus. The two other persons were later freed but he was shifted to an unknown place.
Dr Lutfullah did his PhD from Glasgow University in Scotland in 1978 after which he taught there for few years before returning Pakistan.Two of his children are electrical engineers while another is a student of the KP University of Engineering and Technology. The spouse of Dr Lutfullah is a professor at the Bio-Technology Department of the University of Peshawar.
Meanwhile, Federation of Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association president Dr Fida thanked the media and all the government functionaries, who highlighted the case of the vice-chancellor and thus played a role in securing his safe release.
Militants on Tuesday freed vice-chancellor of the Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel, after six and a half months of captivity.
“Yes, he has been released and first went to the Governor’s House for a meeting with Owais Ahmed Ghani,” Saleh Kakakhel, the eldest son of the released academician, who had been running from pillar to post to secure the recovery of his father, confirmed to The News.
The Kohat commissioner also confirmed the recovery of missing vice- chancellor and said he had been recovered from a tribal area. “We have been making hectic efforts for his release since he was kidnapped. The kidnappers had been shifting him from one place to another. Finally we managed his safe and sound recovery,” Khalid Khan Umerazai, commissioner of Kohat division, said.The recovered senior academician was taken to the Governor’s House amid strict security.
Commissioner Kohat, a source said, had asked Dr Lutfullah a few days before his kidnapping to take proper security measures while travelling through volatile Darra Adamkhel. The vice-chancellor, however, never paid heed to the matter that concerned his security.
It was not known whether ransom had been paid to the kidnappers or the security forces managed to recover the scientist. Sources disclosed the kidnappers were demanding Rs40 million as well as release of some of their men for freeing Dr Kakakhel.
Authorities had arrested 63 tribesmen from Frontier Region Kohat and impounded their four vehicles under Collective Responsibility Section of the Frontier Crimes Regulation in the case. Search operations were conducted in Orakzai and Pastawuna area of Darra Adamkhel as well as other tribal areas in the past six months for the recovery of Dr Lutfullah.
“I am thankful to all those who made efforts for my release,” Dr Lutfullah told media persons. He added that kidnappers had made him hostage to secure release of their men.Hundreds of relatives, friends, colleagues and students of Dr Lutfullah gathered at his residence to greet the vice-chancellor. Many broke into tears after failing to control their emotions.
Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel, in his early 60s, was kidnapped on November 6 last year along with driver Raj Wali and another staff member Nadir Sarfaraz from Akhurwal, Darra Adamkhel on way from office to his residence inside the UoP campus. The two other persons were later freed but he was shifted to an unknown place.
Dr Lutfullah did his PhD from Glasgow University in Scotland in 1978 after which he taught there for few years before returning Pakistan.Two of his children are electrical engineers while another is a student of the KP University of Engineering and Technology. The spouse of Dr Lutfullah is a professor at the Bio-Technology Department of the University of Peshawar.
Meanwhile, Federation of Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association president Dr Fida thanked the media and all the government functionaries, who highlighted the case of the vice-chancellor and thus played a role in securing his safe release.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Tribesmen get kidnapped man released in Lachi
Source Dawn
Armed tribesmen got released one of the two kidnapped persons after arresting six members of a gang of local kidnappers in Lachi on Sunday.
Fazal Kareem and Waqas belonging to Nasrat Khel were kidnapped on May 1. The tribesmen of a Lashkar from Bagato area of Hangu surrounded the house of the kidnappers and asked them to surrender and hand over the kidnapped persons to them.
On this, the kidnapers opened fire on the tribesmen that resulted in clash between the two groups. Exchange of firing continued for several hours, during which Kareem managed to escape from the custody of the kidnappers.
The alleged kidnappers - Khan Mohammad, Wali Moha-mmad, Luqman, Mohammad Khan, Jehanzeb and Gul Jamal – were arrested by the tribesmen. They also seized four hand grenades, two Kalashnikovs, two pistols, six chargers and hundreds of cartridges.
The armed tribesmen were still camping in the area and had given a deadline to the kidnappers to hand over the other kidnapped man by Monday evening. In case of non-compliance, they threatened to burn the houses and other properties of the kidnappers. —Correspondent
Armed tribesmen got released one of the two kidnapped persons after arresting six members of a gang of local kidnappers in Lachi on Sunday.
Fazal Kareem and Waqas belonging to Nasrat Khel were kidnapped on May 1. The tribesmen of a Lashkar from Bagato area of Hangu surrounded the house of the kidnappers and asked them to surrender and hand over the kidnapped persons to them.
On this, the kidnapers opened fire on the tribesmen that resulted in clash between the two groups. Exchange of firing continued for several hours, during which Kareem managed to escape from the custody of the kidnappers.
The alleged kidnappers - Khan Mohammad, Wali Moha-mmad, Luqman, Mohammad Khan, Jehanzeb and Gul Jamal – were arrested by the tribesmen. They also seized four hand grenades, two Kalashnikovs, two pistols, six chargers and hundreds of cartridges.
The armed tribesmen were still camping in the area and had given a deadline to the kidnappers to hand over the other kidnapped man by Monday evening. In case of non-compliance, they threatened to burn the houses and other properties of the kidnappers. —Correspondent
Monday, June 14, 2010
Cadet College, Iqra school shine in Kohat SSC exams
Source: The News
The Cadet College Kohat and Iqra Public School grabbed all top positions among male and female students, respectively, in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Kohat, official sources said.
A notification issued by the controller of examinations said Sunday that a total of 18,271 students from Science Group appeared in the examination and 14,455 were declared successful. The overall result remained 79.11 per cent.
The students of Cadet College Kohat — Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Azam Khan and Muhammad Darvesh Iqbal — got first, second and third positions securing 981, 980 and 977 marks, respectively.
Among girls, the students of Iqra Public School Kohat - Izzatul Ain, Mahil Haroon and Jannat Ishfaq — secured first, second and third positions, bagging 813, 796 and 795 marks respectively.
In Arts group a total of 8,315 students appeared and 4,819 were declared successful. The pass percentage was 57.98. In the 9th grade examinations of the Science group, a total of 20,293 students appeared and 11,604 were declared successful, showing 57.18 per cent result.
In the Arts groups, 10,153 students appeared and 2,473 passed the examinations. The overall result was 24.36 per cent.BISE Kohat Chairman Prof Khan Muhammad Khalil distributed prizes, certificates and shields among the distinction holders.
The Cadet College Kohat and Iqra Public School grabbed all top positions among male and female students, respectively, in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Kohat, official sources said.
A notification issued by the controller of examinations said Sunday that a total of 18,271 students from Science Group appeared in the examination and 14,455 were declared successful. The overall result remained 79.11 per cent.
The students of Cadet College Kohat — Sajjad Ali, Muhammad Azam Khan and Muhammad Darvesh Iqbal — got first, second and third positions securing 981, 980 and 977 marks, respectively.
Among girls, the students of Iqra Public School Kohat - Izzatul Ain, Mahil Haroon and Jannat Ishfaq — secured first, second and third positions, bagging 813, 796 and 795 marks respectively.
In Arts group a total of 8,315 students appeared and 4,819 were declared successful. The pass percentage was 57.98. In the 9th grade examinations of the Science group, a total of 20,293 students appeared and 11,604 were declared successful, showing 57.18 per cent result.
In the Arts groups, 10,153 students appeared and 2,473 passed the examinations. The overall result was 24.36 per cent.BISE Kohat Chairman Prof Khan Muhammad Khalil distributed prizes, certificates and shields among the distinction holders.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Law minister in Kohat Bar
Source: Daily Masriq
The Law mininster of Khyber Paktunkhwa Mr. Arshad Abdullah said the lawyer's community has given unlimited scrafice for the sake of Judiciary and Democracy in the country. He was speaking at the Bacha Khan Peace & Justice Award organised by Malgari Wakeelan of Kohat Bar. District Bar Kohat President Muhammad Riaz Advocate, Malgari Wakeelan President Masood ur Rehman & Provincial General Secretary Muhammad Rafiq Advocate, Sher Nawaz Advocate also speak on the occassion. The law minister said when ANP govt come to powers at that time the writ of govt was NIL at all locations. We started negotiation with Talaban in malakand division and agreed for implementation of Nizam Adal Regulation but it failed because Talaban were working for parallel govt. The minister announced grant for Judicial Complex in kohat and library in Kohat. Further he also announced a plot for Kohat Bar Club in KDA. Later on he distributed the awards in various people.
The Law mininster of Khyber Paktunkhwa Mr. Arshad Abdullah said the lawyer's community has given unlimited scrafice for the sake of Judiciary and Democracy in the country. He was speaking at the Bacha Khan Peace & Justice Award organised by Malgari Wakeelan of Kohat Bar. District Bar Kohat President Muhammad Riaz Advocate, Malgari Wakeelan President Masood ur Rehman & Provincial General Secretary Muhammad Rafiq Advocate, Sher Nawaz Advocate also speak on the occassion. The law minister said when ANP govt come to powers at that time the writ of govt was NIL at all locations. We started negotiation with Talaban in malakand division and agreed for implementation of Nizam Adal Regulation but it failed because Talaban were working for parallel govt. The minister announced grant for Judicial Complex in kohat and library in Kohat. Further he also announced a plot for Kohat Bar Club in KDA. Later on he distributed the awards in various people.
Boy & Girl killed in Gumbat area
Source: Daily Mashriq
In Kohat Gumbat area Siab a girl and a boy was killed due to illegal relationship. According to details in Dhok Meer Bahadur a girl and a boy Muhammad Ayaz were seen in illicit condition due to which they were killed on the spot by the father Muhammad Farooq and other relatives Muhammad Shoaib and Adnan of the girls. An FIR was lodged at Gumbat police station against the killer by the brother of Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Niaz. The police are searching for the accused whom fled from the area.
In Kohat Gumbat area Siab a girl and a boy was killed due to illegal relationship. According to details in Dhok Meer Bahadur a girl and a boy Muhammad Ayaz were seen in illicit condition due to which they were killed on the spot by the father Muhammad Farooq and other relatives Muhammad Shoaib and Adnan of the girls. An FIR was lodged at Gumbat police station against the killer by the brother of Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Niaz. The police are searching for the accused whom fled from the area.
Man died to blast in tanker
Source: Daily Mashriq
In Kohat at village Gumbat a man was killed due to fire in tanker. According to details a man Khursheed resident of Gumbat working as welder in his shop on Gumbat Road was working in a tanker when due to filling of gas in a tanker it blasted due to which the welder died on the spot and his father was critically injured.
In Kohat at village Gumbat a man was killed due to fire in tanker. According to details a man Khursheed resident of Gumbat working as welder in his shop on Gumbat Road was working in a tanker when due to filling of gas in a tanker it blasted due to which the welder died on the spot and his father was critically injured.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Four killed in Karak separately
Source: The News
Four persons were killed and two others sustained injuries in separate incidents in the district on Sunday. Two persons were shot dead and two others sustained injuries when their enemies opened fire on them over a land dispute in Kot Banda area in Banda Daud Shah tehsil. The slain were identified as Muzaffar Khan and Mumtaz, residents of Kot Banda. Javed, brother of slain Muzaffar Khan lodged first information report (FIR) at the Terri police station against Gul Wali, Mir Ajab Khan and Ismail.In another incident, Mosam Khan allegedly killed his son Muhammadullah over some domestic issue in the jurisdiction of Takht Nusrati Police Station. Meanwhile, a student of grade-4 Sundas, daughter of Ihsanullah, was crushed to death by a speeding ambulance on Indus Highway. The father of the student, who is a teacher by profession, said that his daughter was crossing the Indus Highway at Shaheedan area when the ambulance hit her. She succumbed to her injuries on way to hospital.
Four persons were killed and two others sustained injuries in separate incidents in the district on Sunday. Two persons were shot dead and two others sustained injuries when their enemies opened fire on them over a land dispute in Kot Banda area in Banda Daud Shah tehsil. The slain were identified as Muzaffar Khan and Mumtaz, residents of Kot Banda. Javed, brother of slain Muzaffar Khan lodged first information report (FIR) at the Terri police station against Gul Wali, Mir Ajab Khan and Ismail.In another incident, Mosam Khan allegedly killed his son Muhammadullah over some domestic issue in the jurisdiction of Takht Nusrati Police Station. Meanwhile, a student of grade-4 Sundas, daughter of Ihsanullah, was crushed to death by a speeding ambulance on Indus Highway. The father of the student, who is a teacher by profession, said that his daughter was crossing the Indus Highway at Shaheedan area when the ambulance hit her. She succumbed to her injuries on way to hospital.
Two rockets fired in Kohat
Source: The News
Militants fired two rockets at an oil field in Shakardarra area on Sunday, official sources said. However, it caused no loss. The sources said that two rockets fired by the militants from an undisclosed location fell near the oil field. Heavy police contingents rushed to the scene and cordoned off the area but there was no word on the arrest till filing of this report.
Militants fired two rockets at an oil field in Shakardarra area on Sunday, official sources said. However, it caused no loss. The sources said that two rockets fired by the militants from an undisclosed location fell near the oil field. Heavy police contingents rushed to the scene and cordoned off the area but there was no word on the arrest till filing of this report.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Election in Kohat bar are postponed
Source: Daily Mashriq
Pakistan bar Council has cancelled the decision of Provinical Bar Secretary regarding the reelection in Kohat and Manshere District Bar Councils due to bogus voting. Pakistan Bar Council Chairman Appeal Committee for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the appeal of newly elected bar president of Kohat Muhammad Riaz Advocate and General Secretary Imad Advocate ordered the provinicial bar council secretary Naeem Pervez to present the record within one week so that the decision should be taken regarding Kohat and Manshere Bar Councils. The Chariman has stopped the reelection in Kohat Bar Councils till further orders.
Pakistan bar Council has cancelled the decision of Provinical Bar Secretary regarding the reelection in Kohat and Manshere District Bar Councils due to bogus voting. Pakistan Bar Council Chairman Appeal Committee for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the appeal of newly elected bar president of Kohat Muhammad Riaz Advocate and General Secretary Imad Advocate ordered the provinicial bar council secretary Naeem Pervez to present the record within one week so that the decision should be taken regarding Kohat and Manshere Bar Councils. The Chariman has stopped the reelection in Kohat Bar Councils till further orders.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Accdident on Kohat Indus Highway
Source Daily Mashriq
A vehicle coming to Kohat fell into to ditch. Two people were killed while two were injured. According to details the a vehicle coming from DI Khan to Kohat fell into deep ditch at Meeta Khel in Karak area on Indus Highway, due to which two persons Faheem and Ahmed Khan resident of Lachi were killed on the spot while two persons Rahim Dad and Haji Umar resident of Lachi were critically injured. They were taken to district hospital Karak in critical conditions.
A vehicle coming to Kohat fell into to ditch. Two people were killed while two were injured. According to details the a vehicle coming from DI Khan to Kohat fell into deep ditch at Meeta Khel in Karak area on Indus Highway, due to which two persons Faheem and Ahmed Khan resident of Lachi were killed on the spot while two persons Rahim Dad and Haji Umar resident of Lachi were critically injured. They were taken to district hospital Karak in critical conditions.
Vehicle was targeted in Kohat, Driver killed two injured
Source: Daily Mashriq
In Kohat at village Kwasi Banda near Jerma one moving vehicle comes under attack from militants due to which driver of the vehicle murdered and the accomplices were injured. According to details a social worker of Kwasi Banda Sawab Gul was going to Hangu in vehicle No.PR-8972, when unknown militants hiding along the road starts firing on the vehicle due to which the driver Khursheed Khan died on the spot while Sawab Gul and Abdul Ghafar were injured. They were shifted to Kohat divisional hospital for treatment.
The Police started search in the area and several suspicious people were taken into custody for investigation.
In Kohat at village Kwasi Banda near Jerma one moving vehicle comes under attack from militants due to which driver of the vehicle murdered and the accomplices were injured. According to details a social worker of Kwasi Banda Sawab Gul was going to Hangu in vehicle No.PR-8972, when unknown militants hiding along the road starts firing on the vehicle due to which the driver Khursheed Khan died on the spot while Sawab Gul and Abdul Ghafar were injured. They were shifted to Kohat divisional hospital for treatment.
The Police started search in the area and several suspicious people were taken into custody for investigation.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
One killed in band daud shah due to stone sliding
Source: Daily Mashriq
In the village Jatta Ismail Khel of Tehsil Banda Daud Shah in District Karak One man was killed and others were injured due to sliding of stone from Hill.According to details on Tuesday morning Hijrat Khan, Taj Muhammad, Shah Fahim and Maqsood resident of jatta Ismail Khel were loading stone on Tractor trolley from Hill when all of sudden a stone fell on them and Hijrat Khan died on the spot while other were severly injured they were rushed to hospital in critical conditions.
In the village Jatta Ismail Khel of Tehsil Banda Daud Shah in District Karak One man was killed and others were injured due to sliding of stone from Hill.According to details on Tuesday morning Hijrat Khan, Taj Muhammad, Shah Fahim and Maqsood resident of jatta Ismail Khel were loading stone on Tractor trolley from Hill when all of sudden a stone fell on them and Hijrat Khan died on the spot while other were severly injured they were rushed to hospital in critical conditions.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Abductors kill owner of filling station in Hangu
Source: Dawn
The owner of a filling station was killed when police tried to release him from his kidnappers in Hangu district on Sunday.
Sources said that unidentified armed persons kidnapped Qaziullah, the owner of Qazi Pump, and tried to shift him to their bastion. Police chased the kidnappers when they were informed about the incident, sources added.
They said that police engaged the armed persons near the mountains. The owner of the filling station was killed when his captors exchanged fire with police, sources said. They added that the armed persons managed to escape.
The owner of a filling station was killed when police tried to release him from his kidnappers in Hangu district on Sunday.
Sources said that unidentified armed persons kidnapped Qaziullah, the owner of Qazi Pump, and tried to shift him to their bastion. Police chased the kidnappers when they were informed about the incident, sources added.
They said that police engaged the armed persons near the mountains. The owner of the filling station was killed when his captors exchanged fire with police, sources said. They added that the armed persons managed to escape.
Kohat Bar election on 5th June 2010
Source: Daily Mashriq
The Kohat Bar Election result was cancelled and new date for reelceion was fixed as 5th June 2010 by Khyber PakhtunKhwa Bar Council member and Election Commissioner for Kohat Bar Mr. Muhammad Wasim Khan. Mr.Anwar Mahmood Afandi and Samiullah have been authorised to conduct the election in the Kohat Bar on 5th June 2010. According to another order issued by Secretary Provinical bar council Mr. Naeem Pervez, the election commissioner has been Mr.Anwar Mahmood Afandi Advocate instead of Mr, Muhammad Waseem Khan. Further the bar members were advised to please deposit their dues at the earliest.
The Kohat Bar Election result was cancelled and new date for reelceion was fixed as 5th June 2010 by Khyber PakhtunKhwa Bar Council member and Election Commissioner for Kohat Bar Mr. Muhammad Wasim Khan. Mr.Anwar Mahmood Afandi and Samiullah have been authorised to conduct the election in the Kohat Bar on 5th June 2010. According to another order issued by Secretary Provinical bar council Mr. Naeem Pervez, the election commissioner has been Mr.Anwar Mahmood Afandi Advocate instead of Mr, Muhammad Waseem Khan. Further the bar members were advised to please deposit their dues at the earliest.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Accdident on Kohat Indus Highway
Source: Daily Mashriq
One person was killed and another injured on Kohat Indus Highway on Thursday. According to details One out of control Shehzore Truck run over a person Saleem and killed him on the spot and another person Abdul Wahid was crtically injured near Orakzai Chowk on Kohat Bunnu Highway. The injured was shifted to hospital for medical treatment. Police arrested the driver of the trcuk but later release him on the settlement of issue between the parties.
One person was killed and another injured on Kohat Indus Highway on Thursday. According to details One out of control Shehzore Truck run over a person Saleem and killed him on the spot and another person Abdul Wahid was crtically injured near Orakzai Chowk on Kohat Bunnu Highway. The injured was shifted to hospital for medical treatment. Police arrested the driver of the trcuk but later release him on the settlement of issue between the parties.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Kohat bar rejects PBC decision on polls
Source: Dawn
The district bar has rejected the decision of the Provincial Bar Council declaring elections in Kohat null and void.
The district bar at its general body meeting presided over by Advocate Mohammad Riaz on Saturday took strong exception to the order of the executive committee of the Provincial Bar Council (PBC) that had termed the Kohat bar polls illegal.
The participants through unanimously passed resolutions also termed the PBC decision as malafide.
The general body rejected the voters list issued by the bar council alleging that it included the names of such people who were not even members of the district bar.
They said that the Kohat bar polls were held on the basis of a genuine voters’ list and the PBC had no jurisdiction to challenge it.
The members said that they would approach the highest forums against the PBC decision.
The participants asked the president of the Kohat Bar Association and his cabinet to continue its routine functions.
Advocate Riaz said that the general body of the Kohat bar had demanded transparent audit of the accounts of the PBC and suspension of the membership of Advocate Jalaluddin Khan who had been meddling in the district bar affairs illegally.
The Kohat bar also restricted the entry of Advocate Waseem Khan on the premises of the courts and warned him of serious consequences if he violated the decision.
The copies of the resolutions adopted at the meeting were sent to the chief justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Peshawar High Court, chairmen of Pakistan and Peshawar Bar Councils as well as district and sessions judge, Kohat.
The district bar has rejected the decision of the Provincial Bar Council declaring elections in Kohat null and void.
The district bar at its general body meeting presided over by Advocate Mohammad Riaz on Saturday took strong exception to the order of the executive committee of the Provincial Bar Council (PBC) that had termed the Kohat bar polls illegal.
The participants through unanimously passed resolutions also termed the PBC decision as malafide.
The general body rejected the voters list issued by the bar council alleging that it included the names of such people who were not even members of the district bar.
They said that the Kohat bar polls were held on the basis of a genuine voters’ list and the PBC had no jurisdiction to challenge it.
The members said that they would approach the highest forums against the PBC decision.
The participants asked the president of the Kohat Bar Association and his cabinet to continue its routine functions.
Advocate Riaz said that the general body of the Kohat bar had demanded transparent audit of the accounts of the PBC and suspension of the membership of Advocate Jalaluddin Khan who had been meddling in the district bar affairs illegally.
The Kohat bar also restricted the entry of Advocate Waseem Khan on the premises of the courts and warned him of serious consequences if he violated the decision.
The copies of the resolutions adopted at the meeting were sent to the chief justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Peshawar High Court, chairmen of Pakistan and Peshawar Bar Councils as well as district and sessions judge, Kohat.
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