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Man, wife gunned down over domestic dispute A man and his second wife were gunned down here by the brothers of his first wife in Mardan district in K-P. Gulzar was gunned down in Khazana on Sunday night. PHOTO: STOCK IMAGE MARDAN: A man and his second wife were gunned down here by the brothers of his first wife in Guli Bagh area of Mardan district in K-P. Police told The Express Tribune that a local Malik Abdul Sattar had two wives and fighting between the two women was almost a daily routine. “A week ago money and jewelry was stolen from the house of the deceased and he suspected that his first wife Tuhida Bibi was involved in it,” said police. ....
Gang donning police uniforms arrested in Peshawar Police recover Rs700,000, 900 riyals and weapons from their possession PHOTO: FILE PESHAWAR: Peshawar Police arrested a gang of four robbers on Tuesday who were infamous for committing crimes by dressing up as policemen. The recovered items during the raid included cash, jewels, mobile phones, weapons and uniforms of police personnel. SP Saddar division Waqar Ahmed, while addressing a press conference in connection with the operation, said that the armed gang broke into the house of Qari Abid Ali and looted Rs700,000 in cash, 900 Saudi riyals, gold and valuable mobile phones. Sarband police registered a case on Qari Ali’s complaint and CCPO Peshawar Abbas Ahsan constituted a special team to nab the culprits. ....
Of those societies functioning in the provincial capital, 123 are in the limits of Shah Alam tehsil, 25 in city tehsil, 24 in Saddar tehsil and nine in Mattani tehsil. AFP/File PESHAWAR: The police have registered cases against 119 private housing societies in the provincial capital for functioning without the mandatory approval of the Peshawar Development Authority. On Jan 27, the deputy commissioner of Peshawar had imposed a ban on all sorts of land transfers, mutations and registries in 181 unregistered and illegal housing societies until they obtain a valid NOC from a competent forum. Of those societies functioning in the provincial capital, 123 are in the limits of Shah Alam tehsil, 25 in city tehsil, 24 in Saddar tehsil and nine in Mattani tehsil. ....
Three mills closed due to lack of sugarcane supply Growers prefer producing jaggery over selling produce to mills PESHAWAR: Due to the lack of government support and absence of policy the sugar industry has almost collapsed in Peshawar, Mardan and Charsaddad districts as out of four sugar mills in Peshawar region, three have closed down due to insufficient sugarcane supply. Three sugar mills were closed in Peshawar valley despite the fact that this is peek crushing season in the country and in Mardan district, a mill was closed down just 15 days after the start of the crushing season, leaving hundreds of the employees of these mills jobless without inviting any attention from the quarters concerned. The main cause is the non-availability of the sugarcane as growers are reluctant to supply their produce to the mills. ....