Hazara highways blocked to protest power loadshedding
August 3, 2021
MANSEHRA: People from various areas on Monday blocked the Karakoram Highway and Hazara Expressway for traffic to demand an end to the prolonged and unscheduled load shedding at the Battal feeder.
The angry protesters burnt tyres and blocked both arteries to traffic at the Ichrian Interchange. It caused inconvenience to passengers travelling within the Hazara division and between KP and Gilgit-Baltistan.
They remained stuck up in the long queues of vehicles on both sides of the highways in the scorching heat. The protesters raised slogans against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government and Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco). They refused to clear the strategic arteries when the Assistant Commissioner of Baffa-Pakhal Arshad Mehmood rushed to the spot and held talks with them.
District police officer Asif Bahadur visited the site of the Jabori hydropower project and examined security arrangements.
He also met the Chinese engineers and workers and asked them about their security.
The DPO also said security checks around the site of the Suki Kinari hydropower project had also been increased by deploying extra force of the Frontier Constabulary.
DPO visits power project’s site, examines security measures
He said workers and other employees were allowed to enter or leave the project site after body search and other security checks.
Meanwhile, the Chinese nationals working on the power project have got extra security following the recent Dasu bus blast, which left nine Chinese nations and four Pakistanis dead, an insider told Dawn.
Man dies in road mishap
July 14, 2021
MANSEHRA: A man was killed and five others sustained injuries when a motorcar collided with a mini truck at Bedadi interchange on Hazara Expressway here on Tuesday.
The motorcar was on the way to Mansehra from Battagram when its driver lost control over the steering and the vehicle hit an upcoming mini truck.
Rescue 1122 shifted the injured occupants of the car to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital where doctors pronounced Sher Ali as dead.
The injured, who were identified as Mohammad Yusuf, Mohammad Ihtisham, Abdul Wali and Faizullah, were referred to the Ayub Medical Complex Hospital in Abbottabad.
MANSEHRA: Three youth died and another sustained injuries when a car plunged into a ravine in Battle area here on Sunday night.
Burhanuddin, Ali Khan and Asif Noor, students of the University of Hazara, along with a friend, Mohammad Salah, were returning to the varsity after spending the weekend with their families when the car skidded off the Hazara Expressway after the driver lost control over the steering due to speeding.
The locals shifted the victims to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced Burhanuddin, Ali Khan and Mohammad Salah dead.
Asif Noor was referred to Ayub Medical Complex Hospital, Abbottabad, where his condition was stated to be out of danger.