Residents of Chakesar tehsil took to the streets against power outages and delay in the laying of power supply transmission line to their area from the newly-built grid station. Niaz Khan of the Pakistan Peoples Party led protesters, who shouted slogans against the government and Pesco. Mr Niaz said denial of electric supply from the grid station was an injustice …

SHANGLA: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan will inaugurate the 132KV grid station and upgraded Bisham Tehsil Headquarters Hospital here today (Wednesday). The hospital was upgraded from Type D to Type C. The chief minister will reach Bisham Shang area before going to the grid station and hospital for inauguration. The government officials, elders and PTI supporters will attend the inauguration ceremony.

SHANGLA: Alpuri tehsil nazim Muhammad Tahir Khan was released on Monday from district jail Battagram after district court Shangla granted him bail in a case of speech against state’s institutions during a protest staged two week ago in Dandai Shangla. During a hearing at district additional session court in Alpuri, the nazim’s counsel comprising Advocate Sultan Room, Advocate Haq Nawaz …

SHANGLA: police lodged an FIR against a man identified as Inzimam of Shahpur for assaulting a minor girl in Koz Kana area on Sunday. According to FIR, Sultan Mehmood reported to police that his eight-year-old daughter had gone to bazaar in Koz Kana for bringing some daily use commodities, and when she was returning a man identified as Inzimam forcibly …

The magistrate-on-duty on Sunday sent the Alpuri tehsil council nazim Mohammad Tahir to the district jail Battagram over alleged remarks against the state’s institutions during a protest in Dandai area. The police produced the nazim before the magistrate Mohammad Aqib in Alpuri camp court. The nazim’s counsel said the magistrate did not mention in the order the period of time …