CHARSADDA: The district administration has imposed ban on sale of compressed natural gas (CNG) at filling stations in the morning and evening timings to facilitate domestic consumers.

A notification, issued by Assistant Commissioner Alvena Faiz here on Tuesday, directed filling stations to refrain from selling CNG to commuters from 6am to 9am in the morning and 6pm to 9pm in the night to ensure smooth supply of gas to domestic consumers.

The decision was made after protests were held by domestic consumers against gas loadshedding and low pressure in different parts of the district. The domestic consumers complained that they faced power loadshedding in summer and low gas pressure in winter.

Officials said that the decision would mitigate sufferings of gas consumers to some extent. The domestic consumers welcomed the move by the assistant commissioner.

GALA: A colourful ceremony was held at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex to open three-day Inter-District Games 2022 here on Tuesday.

More than 600 players from 13 constituencies of four districts including Bajaur, Mohmand, Malakand and Charsadda are participating in the sports gala.

The games have been organised by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate General of Sports. Children presented tableaus and showed judo karate and gymnastics skills at the opening ceremony of the sports gala.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Nawab Samir Laghari inaugurated the gala. Deputy Director Sports Jamshed Baloch, District Sports Officer Tahseenullah and others were also present on the occasion.

KILLED: A man was killed and his son received bullet injuries when their rivals attacked them inside a mosque in Gandhiri area of Tangi tehsil.

Tabib Shah told police that his brother Fazal Badshah along with his son Hilal was offering prays in the mosque when Abbas opened indiscriminate firing on them.

Both of them received injuries. Fazal Badshah succumbed to injuries while being shifted to hospital. The cause of the crime was an old enmity.

Meanwhile, a man identified as Sartaj was killed by his rivals over old enmity inside a car on Uthmanzai Bypass. A case was lodged against Kashif Khan and Owais Khan.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2022