SWABI, July 31: Five people, including a minor child, his mother and father, were killed in two separate incidents here on Tuesday.

Police said a passenger coach and motorcycle collided near the Maini bus stop on Swabi-Topi road. The coach was on its way to Topi general bus stand from Swabi while the motorcyclist Mohammad Zahid along with his wife and a minor child was on way from Topi bazaar to home at Maini village.

As the family reached the Maini bus stand, a speeding coach coming from the opposite direction knocked them down. As a result Mr Zahid, his wife Kulsum Begum and eight-month-old son Ihsan Khan died on the spot.

The driver and the cleaner of the coach escaped and a case has been registered against him in the Topi police station while the vehicle was seized by the police.

In another incident, two groups exchanged heavy fire in the Gadoon mountainous belt over a piece of land, killing two people on the spot.

The victims were identified as Shah Jamal and Mir Wahab. An unidentified person was seriously injured and was taken to the district headquarters hospital. Both the parties have registered FIR against each other.

PAKHTUN WOMEN: MPA Dr Yasmeen Jasim, district president of the women wing of Awami national Party, has said as the women in the Pakhtun society always usually remain indoors they are the worst victims of prolonged power outages.

Presiding over a meeting at her residence on Tuesday she said the males could go to the canals and other points to cool themselves off but the Pakhtun women could not enjoy such luxuries. She maintained, “The women were also troubled as they had to prepare food without electricity.”

Replying a question she said the power outages were a well calculated conspiracy against her party because the districts where the ANP had strong vote bank faced massive loadshedding.