Two killed in Kohat accident

Source The News

Two persons, including driver, were killed and 10 others sustained injured in a road accident on Hangu Road on Wednesday, sources said. The sources said that a speeding passenger coach (5140) was heading to Kohat from Hangu when it collided with a truck (IOT-3302) parked on roadside near Muhammadzai Flour Mills. Two persons identified as Muhammad Rasool Jan and coach driver Abdur Rasheed killed while Sahira Bibi, Abdul Basit, Nabi Rehman, Umair Abbas, Nazim, Amjad Ali Shah, Gul Muhammad, Amanullah, Abdur Rehman and Din Khaliq were injured. They were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital in Kohat.

Professor kills wife in Kohat

Source The News

A professor at the Garrison Cadet College Kohat allegedly shot dead his wife over a minor issue here on Thursday, sources said. The sources said that Prof Mian Amjad Hayat exchanged harsh words with his wife and shot her dead at Iftar. The accused managed to escape from the scene after committing the crime. His daughter, Hajira Gul, lodged the case against her father at the Muhammad Riaz Shaheed Police Station.

Four killed in Kohat clash

Source The News

Four persons, including a passer-by, were killed and two others sustained injuries when two rival groups exchanged gunfire in Jangalkhel area on Tuesday, sources said. The sources said that Shinwari and Mansoorkhel opened fire on each other after an exchange of harsh words. Four persons including Nobat Khan, Riaz, Sajid and a passer-by, stated to be an Afghan national, were killed on the spot while two persons were injured in the clash. The dead and injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital.

Grenade attack injures three in Kohat

Source The News

Unknown miscreants threw a hand grenade at a house in Togh area of Kohat district and injured three people, police said on Monday. The incident occurred in Paracha Town where miscreants hurled a hand grenade at the house of Samin Asghar during Sehri time. Rafique, Masroor Jana and Misal Jana sustained critical wounds. The rescue teams shifted the injured to a hospital. The motive behind the incident could not be ascertained.

Profiteers held in Kohat, Karak, Hangu

Source Pakistan Observer

In pursuance to the implementation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s directives, the divisional administration Kohat has initiated action by regularly conducting raids on bazaars to check prices of the items of daily use and has arrested many accused for violating the rule. 

The CM issues strict directives to the concerned district administrations for controlling check onprices of edibles, adulteration, provision of quality health facilities and medicines and strict action against spurious drugs, removal of encroachment and cleanliness drive.

In this connection the district administration of Kohat has so far checked 1325 shops Kohat, Karak and Hangu districts and arrested a total number of 472 accused. Similarly 41 FIRs have been registered against the accused and a fine of Rs 315700 has been recovered during the month of June. To control over adulteration the district administration of Kohat, Karak and Hangu have raided different shops and sealed bakery shops and fined many. Similarly 24 FIRs have been registered against butchers who were not implementing directives of the Chief Minister.

To check spurious drugs, the district health officer and drug inspectors conducted raids in Kohat and checked 114 registered and 27 unregistered medical stores and taken samples for further testing in the Drug Testing Laboratory. In Karak 177 registered and 31 unregistered medical stores were checked and samples taken. In Hangu 46 registered medical stores were raided and action taken.—APP 

Kohat blast leaves two dead

Source The News

Two people were killed and five others wounded in a powerful bomb blast near Kacha Pakka area of Kohat on Thursday, Geo News reported.

Sources said the bomb was planted in a motorcycle, parked outside a mosque. The explosives went off as the people came out after Zuhar prayers.

Rescue and law enforcement agencies have rushed to the site of blast. The dead and injured have been rushed to the nearby hospital.

Man killd due to roof collapse

Source Dawn

A carpenter was killed and two others were injured when roof of his shop fell on them here on Wednesday.

Police said that the roof collapse incident occurred in Jawaki Banda on Kohat-Hangu road and as a result the carpenter, Taza Gul, was buried alive under it.

His two friends, including Badshah Khan and Hameed Khan, were injured in the incident. They were taken to DHQ hospital, Kohat, where their condition was reported to be stable.

Militants blow up tower in hangu

Source Dawn

Unknown militants blew up a tower of a cellular phone company in Togh Sarai area of Hangu district in the wee hours of Wednesday, sources said.

They said that the militants planted improvised explosive devices around the four pillars of the tower and blew it up. As a result, the tower was completely destroyed.

Hangu police have registered the case against unknown militants.

Power supply to refugee camps cut off in Kohat

Source Dawn

Electricity supply to 13 refugee camps in Kohat has been disconnected for non-payment of dues worth Rs40 million, officials said on Wednesday.

They said that the administration of refugee camps failed to clear the outstanding dues despite repeated reminders.

The officials said that electricity was supplied to nine Afghan refugee camps from rural sub-divisions and to four camps from the College Town sub-division. The power supply to the camps would be restored only when the dues are cleared, they said.

Tragedy: Man kills family, commits suicide

Source Express Tribune

A man committed suicide after killing two of his daughters and injuring three other family members – who also later died – in Garhi Mawaz Khan area on Monday.

City police official Jahangir Khan said he was informed about a shooting incident in Hafizabad Mohallah at around 1:40pm, adding he rushed to the spot and found out Wali Muhammad had opened fire at his family members, killing six-year-old daughter Qandila and five-year-old Safina on the spot. Eight-year-old Sadaf, 10-year-old son Ali and his wife Noorzadi were seriously injured before Wali turned the gun on himself.

Khan said he visited Noorzadi at the hospital where she told the police her husband was mentally unstable. She added Wali barged inside the house and opened fire at the family members for no apparent reason. “I saw Wali kill himself also,” she said.

Later in the evening, Sadaf, Ali and Noorzadi succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. According to the doctors, Noorzadi was in critical condition and was being shifted to Lady Reading Hospital but died on the way, said Khan.

He added initial investigation revealed Wali had psychological problems and was suffering from bouts of depression since the past one week. While Khan speculated the incident might be related to poverty, the exact motive of the killings is yet to be ascertained.

Poor result puts teachers’ performance in question in Kohat

Source Dawn

The students of around 80 government high schools here could not get any position in the annual examinations-2013 of secondary school certificate conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Kohat.

It is a big question mark on the performance of government school teachers who remain busy round the year staging strikes for increase in pay and allowances and promotion, but never pay attention to their responsibility of imparting good education to the students.

The result gazette showed that only one student from among over 5,000 government school students could get A-1 grade and 164 ‘A’ grade, while nobody could get a position to qualify for a scholarship.

In Keri Sheikhan girls high school only three students could pass the examination, while the result of Lachi Payan town school stood at 27 per cent.

Among other schools with the lowest pass percentage of students were Nakband high school 40 per cent, Mandoori 32 per cent, Ghorazai 33 per cent, Shadikhel 41 per cent and Bilitang 44 per cent.

Overall the government high schools, both boys and girls, recorded 50 per cent success rate. All the top positions were secured by students of cadet college, Kohat, and other private institutions.

The social circles have called for performance-based assessment of government school teachers.

Kohat Rawalpindi Rail Link reconnected

Kohat Rawalpindi Railway service was resumed after lapse of considerable time. Previously it was once closed due to security reasons but later it was resumed and than again closed due to shortage of locomotives with Pakistan Railways.

PML-N leader wants oil refinery in Karak

Source The News

Former minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Farid Toofan on Monday said that his party would play a role in establishing the oil refinery in Karak to ensure rights of its residents.He said the establishment of the refinery in Kohat district was a conspiracy against representatives recently elected from Karak. However, his party’s supporters would foil this conspiracy. “The lawmakers must raise voice on the floors of their respective assemblies to foil the bid for establishing oil refinery in Kohat,” Toofan asked legislators. He warned if the government did not reverse the decision, then the people of the Khattak tribe would take to the streets.

Khushalgarh bridge closed to traffic created miseries

Source Dawn

The closure of Khushalgarh bridge over Indus River on Pindi- Kohat road has created a lot of problems for the commuters between the two cities, it has been learnt.   

The centuries old Khushalgarh bridge, which used for  both road and railway traffic,  was closed for all sort of road  traffic some on  Thursday for emergency repair work.

The historic bridge comes under the administrative control of Pakistan Railways, the sources said.

They said the bridge connects Punjab with Khyber Paktunkhawa (KPK). It was built by British rulers around 109 years ago in 1904.

It will remain closed to traffic for maintenance and necessary repair of the road for about a month till July 25, the sources said.

One alternative route is Kohat-Peshawar road via main GT road. For this the commuters have to travel over 250-km extra distance, causing wastage of time and extra fares, they observed.

As a result,   closure of the bridge has caused a lot of inconvenience and hardships for thousands of people who travel on this route on daily basis besides suspension of inter-provincial goods transportation.

The administration of Attock and Kohat districts have made alternative arrangements to facilitate the commuters, under which,  Kohat and Rawalpindi bound vehicles drop passengers at the respective starting points of the bridge.

Then the passengers have to cross about 500-meter-long bridge on foot to reach the other side and catch bus. But such practice is not an easy job especially for women and elderly people and in case of heavy luggage with them, it revealed.

Some local people of Jand and surrounding villages told Dawn that the authorities had chosen a wrong time for repair of the bridge particularly when Ramazan was just a few days away.

Khushalgarh bridge to be closed for 15 days

Source Dawn

The Khushalgarh bridge on Kohat-Rawalpindi road, which is also used by traffic from the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, will remain closed to traffic for maintenance and necessary repair of the road for 15 days.

Officials said that the century-old bridge on the Indus River would remain closed from June 25 to July 10 next for construction of the road. The alternative routes would be Kohat-Peshawar hilly track for heavy vehicles going to Rawalpindi and Kohat-Peshawar route via Sheikh Allahdad road.

The road of the bridge develops holes after every six months due to passage of heavy tankers carrying oil from local fields to Rawalpindi. Last time the road was reconstructed after it was washed away by the 2010 floods.

Women killed in Kohat

Source The Frontier Post

A woman was killed over children dispute in Shakardar on Friday. Peyaw Badsha, husband of the deceased, lodged report with police and said that he was present in his house along with his family when the murderers Sajid and Shezan entered in house and opened fire, resultantly, his wife received severe injuries and she succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital. 

Man shot dead in Wuch Bazar Hangu

Source Dawn

Armed men shot dead a former army subedar in Wuch bazaar area of restive Hangu district the other day, eyewitnesses and police said.

The city police said the victim was identified as Malik Hadi and that his attackers escaped the scene.

Police started efforts to arrest the killers after registering a case.

They said it was yet not yet known whether an enmity claimed his life or militants had attacked him.

Two die on road

Source Dawn

Two persons were killed when two trailers collided on Indus Highway the other day.

The trailers were coming to Kohat from Bannu when one of them loaded with cement bags hit the other from behind in Lachi town.

The deceased were named as Sajjad and Shahid.

The police said they impounded the vehicles after registering a case.

Accused confesses to killing MPA from Hangu

Source Dawn

An accused belonging to a militant organisation, headed by Mullah Nabi Hanafi, has confessed to killing Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA in Hangu on June 3, officials told Dawn.

They said that following a tip-off the police traced and arrested Asifullah and Abid in connection with the murder of MPA Fareed Khan. The officials said that besides the killing of the MPA, the accused, Asifullah, also admitted during the interrogation that he had committed 32 other terrorism strikes on the orders of Mullah Hanafi, who was hiding in mountains between Orakzai Agency and Kurram Agency.

They quoted the accused as saying that their chief had three-tier security cordon due to which he was surviving attacks by security forces and rivals for the last one decade.

Meanwhile, Hangu police also arrested an accused in a raid on a place in Hangu Bazaar and whisked him away to unknown place for interrogation. Sources said that the accused identified as Abdur Rehman alias Kakay was the cousin of Asifullah.

Man drown in Indus River at Khushalgarh

Source Dawn

A labourer drowned in the Indus River after he fell from the under-construction Khushalgarh bridge here on Friday.
The police said that Latifullah lost foothold while repairing the iron bridge and fell into the river. His body could not be recovered till filing of this report.