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SHANGLA: The Shangla police claim to have arrested a wanted terrorist during a raid in Karachi.
A statement issued here on Tuesday, said Abdul Satar of Lilonai, an alleged Taliban commander, had carried out attacks on police and government installations, and managed to escape to Karachi, where he had been living along with his family for last 14 years.
It said that district police officer Rahim Shah Khan had sent a team led by SDPO Mohammad Fazil Khan and SHO Arif Khan to Karachi where he was arrested.
The statement said the police had information about his hideout. The terrorist is wanted to police under sections 364, 148, 149, 448, 120A, 121 and 124A of the ATA.
SHANGLA: The elders here have demanded of the government to ensure that the local people are given jobs and other rights in Karora hydropower project, which is likely to be completed in next few months.
Local elders of the district, particularly those of Kana and Alpuri tehsils, have announced to hold a jirga on January 25 for seeking rights from the government in the under-construction 11.80MW Karora hydropower project. The demands include jobs, royalty and cheap electricity for the local community.
Gulab Shahpuri, Asghar Khan, Sarfraz Khan and other elders from different tehsils of Shangla told mediapersons here the other day that they had called a jirga meeting on Jan 25 in Karora to finalise their charter of demands.