New polio case detected in FR Bannu

BANNU: A new polio case has been detected from Frontier Region (FR) Bannu, increasing the total number of such cases to 68 in the country, Geo news reported.

According to Polio Monitoring Cell, the case was detected in a seven-month-old minor girl in Jani Khel, area of Bannu. It said the affected child was not administered polio drops not even once.

The cell further said a total of 53 cases of polio had been reported in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), while the number of cases reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh are 9 and 5 respectively.

Bannu: Protest against prolonged power outages

BANNU: Agitated by relentless load shedding, the residents staged a protest in Bannu and resultantly blocked Bannu-Kohat Road by burning tyres on Friday, Geo News reported.

The demonstrators told that the duration of unannounced power outages has reached up to 22 hours in Bannu and adjoining areas that has adversely affected the business and forced many to close down.

The situation has compelled the citizens to stage a sit-in on Bannu-Kohat Road due to which the road has been blocked for traffic for hours. As a result of protest, long queues of vehicles have been formed on the main artery.

On the other hand, the load shedding duration in urban areas of Northern Balochistan is 15 hours while 18 hours in rural areas. 12-14 hour load shedding is being carried out in Sindh while the situation in Punjab is also not different.

Rivals trade fire leaves three dead in Bannu

BANNU: Three persons were killed in firing on Sunday here, Geo News reported.

Police said that three persons were killed as the two rival groups traded fire at Township here. The accused after firing fled away from the scene of incident, police said.

Police have started the investigations.