ANP MNA among 5 hurt in Kohat road mishap

Source The News

Five persons including the Awami National Party (ANP) MNA Pir Dilawar Shah sustained injuries in a road mishap near Gulshanabad Chowk here on Saturday, sources said.

The sources said that Pir Dilawar Shah along with his family was on his way home from Islamabad when his van collided with a vehicle near Gulshanabad Chowk on the Rawalpindi Road. Five members of his family including his younger brother Pir Zakir Shah and women and children were injured. They were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Kohat from where two of the injured were referred to a hospital in Peshawar.

Intra-party rifts may hit PPP, ANP in Kohat

Source Dawn

Intra-party differences within Kohat chapters of Pakistan People’s Party and Awami National Party, respectively, could lead to problems for both the parties in coming general election.

Recently, an ideological group has been formed in the PPP after nominations of new district and divisional organisations by the party president and provincial minister Syed Qalbe Hassan.

In this regard, hundreds of old guards of PPP ideological group took out a protest rally ‘Qalbe hatao PPP Bachao’ against the incumbent divisional president the other day. They also chanted slogans against the minister and displayed placards to oppose formation of new organisations.

Those who spoke on the occasion included former PPP district president Abdur Rauf, former secretary general Mazhar Khan and former city president Nazeer Gulzar, who all were ousted from party positions on the instructions of high command.

In their speeches they rejected the district and divisional organisations and demanded accommodation of old guards in the party setup. They alleged that the new office-bearers were ousted from the party in 2007 and in fact formed the ‘B’ team of PML-N in Kohat. They also demanded action against the minister who, they alleged, had divided the PPP.

Similarly, an ideological group within the ANP, Kohat, has alleged that the present office-bearers were elected through forged elections. At a meeting the old workers announced to hold a convention

of disgruntled workers and review the peace agreement reached with the district leadership six months ago.

The old guards include former secretary general Masood Khan, Shaukat Hussain, Javed Khattak, Farooq Shah, Adnan Bukhari, Tufail Bangash and others.

They alleged that Saeed Shah got elected as district president through own-appointed building contractors as councillors to grab the position.

Former PHC chief justice Syed Ibn Ali joins ANP

Source Pakistan Today

Prominent political and social figure from Kohat, former Peshawar High Court chief justice (r) Syed Ibn Ali on Thursday announced resignation from the Pakistan People’s Party and association to the Awami National Party in the presence of ANP provincial President Afraseyab Khattak and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti at the CM’s House.
Justice (r) Ali termed his inclusion in the “caravan of Bacha Khan and Wali Khan” a good omen for the Pakhtuns, adding that the current state of the region demanded unity among Pakhtuns.
The chief minister said the ANP was the real representative party of the Pakhtuns, adding that Justice (r) Ali’s life was open and spotless. Paying tribute to Justice (r) Ali on his services for unity among Muslims, Hoti said Islamic brotherhood and religious harmony flourished in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa particularly in southern districts. He said external elements tried to sow the seeds of dissent, adding that these evil designs could be thwarted through collective efforts. He said anti-state elements were trying different excuses for tarnishing the unity among the people and were aiming to wreak havoc and devastation, adding that there was no room for their conspiracies.

ANP LEADERS warned by workers

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Office-bearers of the Awami National Party from the PF-39 constituency on Monday warned to resign in protest against party’s provincial president Afrasyab Khattak for ignoring their area in allocation of development funds. The warning came at a meeting presided over by the president of ANP from the PF-39 constituency, Saud Ahmed Shah.

The officer-bearers alleged that Mr Khattak was awarding contracts of development works to his family members and blue-eyed people so he could get commission and was ignoring Lachi Town, Shakardarra Town and other far-flung and undeveloped areas.

They threatened that if the provincial president did not arrange their meeting with Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti within 14 days they would resign en bloc along with party workers.

The meeting, which was attended by local party secretary general Fazal Hussain, Rasheed from Shakardarra, Liaquat Hussian, Nisar and other leaders, also demanded resignation of district party president Inayatullah Qureshi for his alleged inability to run the party affairs.