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KOHAT, June 28: Police seized a van laden with huge quantity of mortar shells and other ammunition and arrested four alleged terrorists near Ustarzai here on Sunday.
DIG Abdullah Khan informed journalists at a briefing that the terrorists were taking the mortars and ammunition from Orakzai Agency to Hangu district for sabotage activities. They were arrested as soon as they entered the limits of Kohat, he said and added that the four terrorists belonged to Hangu and Orakzai but their names could not be revealed till the completion of operation for the arrest of their accomplices.
He claimed that the rest of the gang members would be arrested by night.
“There is no doubt that all heavy arms and ammunition was coming from tribal areas into the settled areas due to the weakening writ of the government there. If the terrorism has to be uprooted simultaneous clean up operation in all the tribal areas is the only solution,” he said.
He added that for that purpose the powers of the political agent would have to be revived so that administration could take strict action against the tribesmen involved in abetting terrorism and arms smuggling from Afghanistan.
The seizure from the terrorists included 47 mortars with fuses, 66 boxes of explosives, 15 mortar cartridges, one Kalashnikov, one shotgun and one 30 bore pistol. The mortars and ammunition was Chinese and Iranian made.
The accused would be presented in the court of law for remand on Monday.
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Man’s heart stops at court verdict
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KOHAT, June 21: A litigant died of heart failure inside the courtroom after hearing a judgment against him in a case of shop ownership, sources said on Sunday.
Officials said that Taj Khan had occupied the shop of a perfume seller, Mohammad Atique in Charsi bazaar and had been running it for over a decade.
Atique had moved a local court against Taj Khan. The senior civil judge on Saturday announced the verdict asking Taj Khan to vacate the shop and hand it over to Mohammad Atique.
After hearing the verdict, Taj suffered a heart attack and died inside the courtroom. According to sources the defendant was not ready to see the case disposed of so soon. Keeping in mind the lengthy procedure of civil cases he thought that it would take long time to be decided, sources added.
They said that earlier such cases lingered on for several decades and ended up in payment to the occupant as compensation by the real owner. But following the orders of speedy trial of such cases by the Supreme Court the case was disposed of in a short span of time and the defendant was not ready for the decision against him, they added.
KOHAT, June 21: A litigant died of heart failure inside the courtroom after hearing a judgment against him in a case of shop ownership, sources said on Sunday.
Officials said that Taj Khan had occupied the shop of a perfume seller, Mohammad Atique in Charsi bazaar and had been running it for over a decade.
Atique had moved a local court against Taj Khan. The senior civil judge on Saturday announced the verdict asking Taj Khan to vacate the shop and hand it over to Mohammad Atique.
After hearing the verdict, Taj suffered a heart attack and died inside the courtroom. According to sources the defendant was not ready to see the case disposed of so soon. Keeping in mind the lengthy procedure of civil cases he thought that it would take long time to be decided, sources added.
They said that earlier such cases lingered on for several decades and ended up in payment to the occupant as compensation by the real owner. But following the orders of speedy trial of such cases by the Supreme Court the case was disposed of in a short span of time and the defendant was not ready for the decision against him, they added.
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