National
March 2, 2021
CHARSADDA: The ATC on Monday acquitted former member provincial assembly Arshad Khan Umarzai and his brother Khursheed Khan Umarzai, who had been nominated in a case of attempted-murder of Awami National Party (ANP) leader Shakil Bashir Umarzai.
Speaking at a press conference, Arshad Umarzai along with his brother Khursheed Umarzai said that the Charsadda police and the court fulfilled all the requirements of justice in their case as they were innocent.
They said that they were directly nominated in the firing on the caravan of ANP MPA Shakil Bashir Umarzai on Ghani Road in Charsadda on January 5. They said a police constable Shahenshah was also martyred in the attack. The former MPA said the court granted them bail before arrest the next day.
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Two accused in attack on ANP MPA arrested
Peshawar
January 15, 2021
CHARSADDA: The police claimed to have arrested two accused allegedly involved in firing on the caravan of Awami National Party MPA Shakil Bashir Umarzai and recovered the weapons and vehicles used in the crime.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, District Police Officer Muhammad Shoaib Khan and Superintendent of Police Sajjad Khan said that they had arrested two accused identified as Hamid Ali of Tarangzai and Fazal Malik of Umarzai, who had staged an attack on the caravan of ANP Member Provincial Assembly Shakil Bashir Umarzai on Ghani Khan Road in Charsadda on January 5.