SWABI: Police have asked the religious seminaries across the district to refrain from giving admission to illegal Afghan students.

Addressing a gathering of religious scholars in the famous seminary of Panjpir here on Monday, DIG Mohammad Saeed Khan Wazir said that religious institutions in the district should not give admissions to illegal Afghans.

Ishaat Tawheed Wa Sunnah chief Maulana Mohammad Tayyeb, DPO Sajjad Khan and other officials were also present on the occasion.

The DIG asked the religious scholars to support the government in eradicating terrorism inthe country. He said that attack on school in Peshawar on Dec 16 was a barbaric incident.

Mr Wazir said that people of the country were united against terrorism. `To restore peace in the country, each person should share the details of foreigners with police,` he said.

The DIG said that government was taking action against illegal Afghans and ulema should not admit them to their religious institutions. He said that they should put their heads together as the country was passing through a critical juncture of history.

The ulema, present on the occasion, assured the DIG that they would help police in maintaining peace in the district.

INDUSTRIES: Adviser to Chief Minister on Industries Abdul Munim Khan has said that industrial sector will make remarkable development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa if the issue of law and order is resolved.

During his visit to Gadoon Industrial Estate here on Monday,he said that terrorism had badly affected industries in the province. Provincial Industries Secretary Sajid Jadoon, Labour Secretary Zafar Iqbal and Sarhad Development Authority Chairman Akhtar Naseer Warraich also accompanied the adviser during the visit.

Mohammad Zahid Shah, president of Gadoon Industrial Association (GIA), briefed the visitors about the problems of entrepreneurs.

They visited the industrial estate on the special directives of chief minister to improve working environment there. They said that Gadoon Industrial Estate was ignored by successive governments.

The issue of minimum wages was also discussed on the occasion and the industrialists were told to follow the government policy.

The adviser to chief minister also inaugurated the 1,152 flats, built for workers of Gadoon Estate by the previous government.

The industrialists were advisedto constitute a management committee for the running affairs of the flats allot the flats only to deservinglabourers.

The adviser said that provincial government had focused on rapid industrialisation in the province to exploit the local resource.

About the ban on shifting machinery from Gadoon Estate, Mr Khan said that such restrictions were not imposed in the province or elsewhere in the country.

He said that they would facilitate the industrialists of Gadoon Estate in taking their machinery easily for repair like entrepreneurs ofotherindustrialzones.

`The main road and all link roads in the area will also be rebuilt. The chief minister has already directed to hire a consultant for the purpose,` Mr Khan said.

The adviser also supported the idea of establishing a technical centre in Gadoon and said that a four-acre piece of land would be allotted for it by SDA.