MANSEHRA: Tehreek-i-Subah Hazara chairman and PML-N MNA Sardar Mohammad Yusuf on Wednesday said that a multi-party conference would be convened next week to seek support of political parties for the creation of Hazara province.

“We’ve finalised arrangements for a multi-party conference for which MNAs and MPAs from across Hazara Division will also be invited as the creation of more federating units is essential to steer the country out of socio-economic challenges,” Mr Yusuf told reporters here.

Accompanied by former Balakot tehsil nazim Junaid Ali Qasim and Mansehra tehsil council chairman Sheikh Shafi, the PML-N leader said that the Awami National Party got the renaming of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa included in the 26th Constitutional Amendment, while the Tehreek Subah Hazara raised the issue with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, and federal ministers.

“Thanks to both Sharifs and PML-N ministers, the ANP’s demand for renaming KP was rejected,” he said.

Lawmakers from across Hazara division invited to moot

Mr Yusuf said that a multi-party conference would also form a committee to engage with the leaders of political and religious parties to get support for the Hazara province resolution, which was pending with the National Assembly.

“The PTI-led government has failed to address health, education, and other issues facing the people across the province,” he said.

The lawmaker criticised Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur for leading street protests in Islamabad and Lahore, and urged him to focus on the issues of the people in the province.

“The passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment Package is a significant milestone in addressing court-related issues, as over 2.6 million cases are pending with courts nationwide, including 65,000 in the Supreme Court,” he said.

BODY FOUND: A policeman’s son, who went missing four days ago, was found dead in the Tilli Syedain area of Torghar district on Wednesday.

Mohammad Kamran, a ninth-grade student at a local school, mysteriously disappeared on the way from school to home four days ago. His body was later found in a deserted area near his house.

The people shifted the body to the Oghi tehsil hospital where doctors completed medico-legal formalities and handed it over to them.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the student was strangled as the police found a string near the body.

The police registered an FIR and began a search for the killer(s).

The boy’s father, Razzaq Shah, is a constable in the Torghar police.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2024