Magistracy revived in Malakand

MINGORA: The executive magistracy system stands revived in Malakand division after the NWFP government issued on Saturday a notification appointing different categories of magistrates in several areas, including Swat.

The magistracy system was abolished across the country by former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf in Aug 2001. However, through the Shariah Nizam-i-Adl Regulation of 2009, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance — under which the executive magistracy was abolished — was repealed in April this year.

Through the notification, the provincial government made functional different categories of magistrates, including district and sub-divisional magistrates.

Swat DCO Atifur Rehman has been designated as Swat district magistrate. Sub-divisional magistrates for different areas of Swat are: Saltanat Khan for Babuzai, Shameer Khan Bhutto for Kabal, Ahmad Khan Orakzai for Matta, Afsar Ali Khan for Khwazakhela, Asad Ali for Charbagh, Manzer Jawed for Bahrain and Mohammad Ahmad for Barikot.

Executive magistrates for different areas are: Naeem Akhter, Sadaqat Ali, Jan Alam and Niaz Ahmad for Babuzai; Syed Ismael Ali for Kabal; Jawedullah Mehsud for Matta; and Ahmadzaib Khalil for Khwazakhela.

Shangla DCO Syed Altaf Hussain has been designated as district magistrate.

Sub-divisional magistrates for Shangla are: Mushtaq Ahmad for Alpuri and Ghulam Saeed for Puran. Mian Aeenullah has been appointed as executive magistrate for Alpuri.

Syed Mujeebur Rehman has been designated as district magistrate for Buner. Sub-divisional magistrates for Buner are; Farhatullah Khan for Totalai, Ismail Khan for Daggar and Muhammad Ayaz for Gagra. Momin Khan has been appointed as executive magistrate for Daggar.

Malakand DCO Siraj Ahmad has been designated as district magistrate.

Sub-divisional magistrates for Malakand are: Asadullah for Batkhela and Khursheed Anwer for Dargai. Asfandyar Khattak and Junaid Khan have been designated as executive magistrates for Batkhela and Dargai, respectively.

Ghulam Muhammad has been designated as district magistrate for Lower Dir. Its sub-divisional magistrates are: Gul Wahid for Timergarah, Tariq Ali for Samarbagh, Shah Nadir for Lal Qilla and Sardar Asad Haroon for Adenzai. Mumtaz Kundi has been appointed as executive magistrate for Timergarah.

DCO Jawed Marwat has been designated as district magistrate for Upper Dir. Its sub-divisional magistrates are: Fazal Kareem for Dir, Shamsul Alam for Wari and Fakhruddin Khan for Sheringal. Khwaja Faheem Sajjad has been appointed as executive magistrate for Dir.