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.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
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.
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