KOHAT: The Hangu deputy commissioner on Tuesday banned pillion riding and vehicles with tinted glasses after the Monday’s killing of three schoolteachers by unidentified motorcyclists.

Following the attack, cantonments in Kohat and Hangu were also sealed after intelligence reports that some terrorists might try to attack installations and army men amid reports that talks between government and outlawed TTP were going in the right direction.

Preliminary investigations revealed that anti-state elements were behind the killing of the schoolteachers, claimed the deputy inspector general of police, Kohat division, Dr Ishtiaq Marwat.

He said the acts of bombing and target killing were the work of anti-state elements who were trying to sabotage the efforts by the government to restore peace to the country.

Mr Marwat said that sectarianism and terrorism were inter-related; adding that motive behind the latest attack would be clear within few days. He also didn’t rule out the possibility of the militant groups opposing the peace process behind the attack on teachers.

Sources said that the areas along the Hangu border with Orakzai Agency had still pockets of strong militants groups. But, as the TTP had strongly denied their hand in such incidents, the situation was a bit confusing for the local authorities, they added.

INDUSTRIAL ZONE DEMANDED: The Kohat Chamber of Commerce and Industry has demanded establishment of industrial zone in Khushalgarh area.

In a statement on Tuesday, senior vice president of KCCI Rasheed Paracha hailed the announcement of the chief minister to start mega projects in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He said that the chief minister had announced establishment of four industrial zones, development of natural resources, construction of oil refinery, power generation plants and provision of cheap electricity to the industrial zones in the southern districts.

Mr Paracha said that these projects would attract local and foreign investment and also generate employment.

He stated that with the completion of such projects the country in general and the province in particular would become self-reliant in electricity production and thus, reducing debt burden.