Taking the advantage of crowd, unidentified pickpockets deprived Peshawar’s nazim-elect Arbab Asim Khan of Rs 70,000 cash while he was being congratulated by the supporters after getting elected.
According to details, the nazim-elect who has vowed to change the condition of Peshawar was welcomed also by pickpockets who managed to infiltrate workers and supporters and robbed Arbab Asim Khan off while hugging and congratulating him, all without his noticing. He had ATM cards, identity card and Rs 70,000 in his wallet. He said he was meeting with workers when he fell victim to pick pocketing.
Asim Khan appealed to the pickpockets to ‘kindly’ return driving license and national identity card.