HARIPUR, Nov 1: Over a dozen juvenile prisoners were given certificates on completing a three-month IT training course here on Saturday.

Speaking on the occasion, Syed Tahir Ali Shah, programme in-charge of Information Technology Centre, Haripur, said the IT course was conducted with the assistance of Aurat Foundation which was running IT and skill development centres in different jails of the province.

He said at these centre juvenile delinquents were imparted computer training to make them useful citizen and help them earn a respectable earning when they were released.

He said the Aurat Foundation was also financing and running a women skill development centre in the Haripur jail under the supervision of a woman instructor. He said at this centre, women prisoners were given training in different skills, including needle work, stitching, sewing and other household chores, which could ensure a prosperous life for them. He said the juvenile prisoners were taught use of Window 98, Word 97, In-page, Power Point-97, Paint brush and use of Internet during their six month training.

Jail superintendent Malik Fakhr-i- Alam, who was the chief guest on the occasion, distributed certificates among the successful candidates.

NO-TRUST MOTION: The nazim union council Khanpur was removed through a vote of no-confidence here on Monday.

The resolution was tabled by 17 councillors against Nazim Raja Zeshan Haidar Kiyani with the naib nazim on Saturday in a running session who after accepting the motion had fixed Nov 1, for voting on the resolution.

The special session of the council was presided over by Naib Nazim Malik Mohammad Nazir, while EDO (finance) Mumtaz Omar Khan was there as observer. The formal voting on the resolution began at 8 am on Monday.

According to result announced by the naib nazim, 17 members, who requisitioned the session voted in favour of the no-trust motion whereas three members, including the nazim, did not attend the session.

Meanwhile the DCO Haripur issued the notification of removal of the UC nazim.

GUARDS ARRESTED: Police on Sunday arrested 12 security guards of a cotton mills in Hatar on charges of stealing machine parts from the factory here on Sunday.

The police said that the owner of Spingar Cotton Mills had filed an application with the Hattar police that despite the presence of 12 watchmen expensive machine parts of his unit had been stolen.