Seven held after seizure of drugs.

MANSEHRA -- The police on Monday arrested seven drug peddlers and seized a large cache of narcotics in Laborkot area here on Monday.

Deputy superintendent of police Bashir Khan, who led the operation, said Daryafat Khan was held with 5kg charas and an unlicensed pistol.

He said Mohammad Sabir, Mohammad Iqbal, Akhar Zeb, Abdullah, Gulfaraz and Abdul Malik were arreste d after the seizure of 10kg charas, illegal pistols and repeater gun, and thousands of rounds.

He said cases were registered against the arrested men under anti-narcotics and anti-arms laws.PROTEST: The Association of Shemales in Hazara division has warned that they will tal(e to the streets if the government doesn`t include transgender persons in its social welfare programmes launched for the people hit by the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

`We have been badly affected by the prolonged Covid-19 lockdown. There is a complete ban on wedding and other functions but the government didn`t include us in its Ehsaas cash programme,` president of the Association of Shemales in Hazara...

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