MANSEHRA: Federal parliamentary secretary of interior and MNA Mohammad Sajjad Awan has said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led federal government will ensure the completion of the MansehraMuzaffarabad Motorway and Tanawal Airport projects on time.

Talking to the PML-N workers here on Friday, the local lawmaker said the mega projects, which were launched by the prime minister during a recent visit to Mansehra, promised the region`s development.

Mr Awan said he was aware of the water shortage issue in Mansehra city and on its outskirts and would ensure its early resolution by the federal government.

He said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had announced Rs1 billion for water supply to Mansehra and work on it would begin soon.

The MNA said the last PML-N government had released money for the land acquired for the propose d Tanawal Airport.

He said the MansehraMuzaffarabad Motorway project inaugurated by the prime minister would ensure the development of both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Mr Awan said the federal government had subsidised essential commodities through the Utility Stores of Corporation to the relief of the common man from inflation.

The PML-N workers led by party district president Zafar Mehmood and including Shahnawaz Khan Swati informed him about the people`s problems and sought their early yet effective resolution.

THREE KILLED: Three people were killed and four critically injured when a jeep they travelled in fell into a deep ravine in Loter area of Upper Kohistan district on Thursday night.

The accident occurred on the Karakoram Highway after the driver lost control of the jeep while negotiating a sharp turn on the way from Upper Kohistan to Rawalpindi.

The police and Rescue 1122 of ficials shif ted the injured to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital, where doctors declared Rehmat Shah, Raja Shabbir and Mohammad Sohaib dead and referred four to the Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad, due to critical condition.