SWABI: Two cousins were killed and their friend was seriously injured over a land dispute at Khunda Mor on Swabi-Jahangira road here on Saturday.

Fawadur Rehman,while registering an FIR in Chota Lahor police station, said that his brother Abdul Basit and cousin Asif Ali and their friend Mamriz Khan were going to their village in a car when their rivals Fida Hussain and Malik Aman, residents of Khunda, came in a car and started indiscriminate firing on them.

He said that as a result Basit and Asif were killed on the spot, while Mamriz Khan was injured.

Chota Lahor police registered an FIR against the accused and have started investigations. Abdul Basit was a member of Swabi district kabaddi team.

PUBLIC MEETING’S VENUE: The Gohati Cricket Ground (GCG), owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board, continues to be used as a venue of public meetings of political leaders of the country contrary to the principle that sports grounds should not be used for such gatherings.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan is scheduled to address a public meeting in GCG on Monday (tomorrow).

Sources in Swabi District Cricket Association said it would be the second public meeting to be addressed by Imran in GCG. Earlier, he visited the district during the campaign for 2018 general elections.

The sources claimed that at that time party leaders Asad Qaiser and Shahram Tarakai had deposited Rs1 million with then Swabi deputy commissioner for repair of the damage caused by the gathering. They said part of the money was spent on the repair and the remaining returned to them.

The sources said that former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf had also addressed a gathering in GCG on Jan 14, 2006, followed by former prime minister Shaukat Aziz in March 2007 at the venue.

Published in Dawn, May 15th, 2022