SWABI: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said here on Tuesday that construction work on the 13km Swabi bypass road project would be started soon.

Talking to mediapersons here, he said that once completed the bypass road, costing Rs680 million, would resolve the issue of frequent traffic jams in Swabi city.

“The allocation of funds for the project has been made,” he said and added that they had fulfilled another promise made with the people.

Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, who visited the district about three weeks ago, had said that Swabi bypass and all other projects in the district would be completed on priority basis.

Mr Qaiser said that the aim of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders was to resolve all the problems being faced by the local people.

When contacted, officials of the communication and works department said that completion of the bypass road and reconstruction of Swabi-Mardan road would make transportation quite easy and safe for the people.

They said the bypass road would start from Naro Kallay and after passing through Maneri and proper Swabi village culminate at Jamalabad village.

KILLED: One Faisal Khan, 17, of proper Swabi city was killed in a road accident here on Tuesday.

Police said the accident occurred on Swabi-Mardan road when Faisal’s bike hit an auto-rickshaw and he was critically injured. He was taken to the district headquarters hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

Swabi city police have registered an FIR against the rickshaw driver.

ELECTED UNOPPOSED: Advocate Tanveer Shahzad returned unopposed as president of Chota Lahor Tehsil Bar Association for the fourth consecutive term here on Tuesday.

The local lawyers said that due to Shahzad’s contributions and struggle for their welfare none of them filed nomination papers against him and he returned unopposed.

Meanwhile, Women University Swabi suspended biometric attendance on Tuesday as a step to ensure safety of its employees from coronavirus.

A notification issued by the varsity registrar said the employees should mark their presence in the attendance register in respective departments.

Published in Dawn, March 18th, 2020