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The police said they resorted to firing in the air and tear gas shelling as the protesters refused to go away despite warnings by deputy commissioner Dr Qasim Ali Khan and the DPO. AFP/File MANSEHRA: The police cleared the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad Road in Kaghan area of protesters by using tear gas early on Friday. Led by district police officer Asif Bahadur, the police personnel also arrested around a dozen of hotel owners for blocking the road against the ongoing anti-encroachment crackdown in Kaghan valley. The police said they resorted to firing in the air and tear gas shelling as the protesters refused to go away despite warnings by deputy commissioner Dr Qasim Ali Khan and the DPO. ....
July 9, 2021 MANSEHRA: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and a cop sustained bullet injuries when one of the hoteliers and shop owners opposing an anti-encroachment drive resorted to open fire in Kaghan valley on Thursday, officials and locals said. The sources said a group of hoteliers and shopkeepers, whose property was coming in the way of Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road, had set tyres on fire in Naran to protest against the anti-encroachment drive. The miscreants also stormed the Rescue 1122 station in Naran and partially damaged its two ambulances, they added. They said that DSP, Balakot, Yaseen Janjua reached the spot to bring the situation under control when one of the protesters opened fire. ....
MANSEHRA: The Oghi tehsil administration on Sunday sealed 30 shops of non-essential items for defying the lockdown. A team of TMA officials and policemen led by assistant commissioner Usman Ali took the action during visits to different bazaars. “We cannot allow anyone to challenge the writ of the government,” Mr Ali told reporters on the occasion. The official said the precautionary measures ordered by the government were for the safety of the people. Mr Ali said almost 90 per cent shops dealing in non-essential items remained closed in the city and its suburbs as the business community was largely extending cooperation to the administration in enforcing the Covid-19-induced SOPs. ....