SWABI: A man was killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on his car in Sheikh Jana village here on Monday.

Kalu Khan police station officials said the attackers targeted the victim, Atif Khan, 25, from a close range. He died on the spot. The cause of the killing was not known.

The body was shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

Meanwhile, two motorcycles collided in Dagai village, injuring two persons, identified as Mohammad Saleh and Sajid Khan. They were taken to a hospital, rescue officials said.

Separately, five people, including a woman, were injured when a jeep and a rickshaw collided on the Topi-Hamlet Road on Monday.

The injured were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Topi.

TRAFFIC JAM: A severe traffic jam hit the Topi city’s main bazaar, causing problems to the motorists and pedestrians on Monday.

Long queues of rickshaws and cars were seen through the narrow bazaar, but there was no traffic policeman to clear the busy road.

The drivers demanded that the narrow road in the tehsil headquarters should be widened.

Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2022

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