Peshawar—Provincial President of PML (Q), Engineer Amir Muqam has demanded of the government to forthwith hold local bodies elections in the country so that the vacuum created due to completion of term by Nazimeen could be filled and people’s problem be resolved. Addressing a press conference here at his residence on Thursday, Engr. Amir Muqam said people are facing great difficulties in resolution of civic problems as the administrators are government servants and it is not possible for common people to approach them in regard with apprising them about their complaints.
Mirpur—Around one hundred families of Afghan refugees, living illegally in AJK, have been expelled from various parts of AJK including Muzaffarabad district, police sources said. The sources told APP here on Thursday that as part of extra-ordinary measures to beef up security in Azad Jammu Kashmir, the drive had been intensified. The sources added the fresh expulsion of one hundred Afghan families from Muzaffarabad district was under the prevalent Foreigners Act. 1952.
Peshawar—To provide education and other basic facilities to the locals, government has completed the renovation of government Primary school Rustam Kor, Ekka Ghund and construction of causeway at Shawa Farsh in Mohmand Agency. These developmental schemes would benefit thousands of locals in the area, said a spokesman for FATA Secretariat here Thursday. These projects were identified by the community members of the respective villages in meetings held with Political administration because the locals were facing a lot of difficulties due to lack of education and transportation facilities in the area.
Hyderabad—Chairman Sindh Para Veterinary Staff Association Action Committee Abdul Qadir Wagan has said that the organization would hold protest demonstration on March 20 across Sindh against, allegedly, purported leaders of SPVA. He claimed during a press conference here on Thursday that 3 years back SPVA had elected Malik Aslam as its chairman at Bhitshah for a period of 2 years so that he could struggle for the rights of the employees of the department.
Peshawar—NWFP TB Control Program has started registration of TB patients in Central Jail Peshawar and Hairpur and the program would later be extended to other jails of the province. This was stated by Project Director TB Control Program NWFP Dr. Abdul Latif in a day -long media workshop here at a local hotel on Thursday. The workshop was organized by NWFP TB Control Program in collaboration with GTZ in connection with the World TB Day to be celebrated on March 24.
