KOHAT: Two people were killed due to firing in the air at a marriage ceremony in Ibraheezai area of Hangu district on Monday.

The Hangu city police said that indiscriminate firing was going on at the wedding ceremony despite a ban, which claimed two lives.

The victims were identified as Mohammad Taqqi and Muzammal Khan. The man, Ghulam Abbas with whose gun they were killed, had been arrested and a case of double-murder had been registered against him.

The bodies were shifted to a hospital and after autopsy were handed over to relatives for burial.

Published in Dawn, April 2nd, 2019

Opinion

Editorial

Centre’s shadow
Updated 23 Apr, 2025

Centre’s shadow

The Centre should stop encroaching on provincial jurisdictions in its misplaced eagerness to control minerals.
Himalayan crisis
23 Apr, 2025

Himalayan crisis

THE Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, known as Asia’s water tower, is in trouble. The towering ranges have registered a...
Seeker of peace
23 Apr, 2025

Seeker of peace

POPE Francis, who prayed for Palestine, died on Easter Monday. The first Argentine pontiff’s diverse and...
Dar in Kabul
Updated 22 Apr, 2025

Dar in Kabul

Kabul must ensure that the TTP and other anti-Pakistan groups are put out of business.
Ready to talk
22 Apr, 2025

Ready to talk

ADVISER to the Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah’s phone calls to Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon regarding...
Grassroots governance
22 Apr, 2025

Grassroots governance

WHEN something as basic as a functioning union council is absent in over a quarter of Balochistan’s areas more ...