CM suspends Incharge Jail over poor sanitation condition
Staff Reporter Peshawar
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan Sunday paid a surprise visit to Central Jail Peshawar and expressed anger over poor sanitation arrangements at the jail and suspended In-charge Jail ‘Langarkhana’ and issued warning to other staff members.
The CM met with prisoners and inquired about the facilities and other arrangements available at the central jail.
He also inspected the food, sanitation and other arrangements at the jail hospital.
He directed the concerned quarters to help the prisoners who had completed their terms but were languishing in jail due to non-payment of fines.
He also directed to prepare list of such poor prisons who could not afford to pay their fines.
The Chief Minister assured to personally pay fines for the poor prisoners so that they could be released from the jail.
He directed IG jail to provide all possible facilities to the inmates, adding that the government was taking pragmatic steps to make the prisoners useful citizens after completing their term of sentence at the jail.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has expressed condolence on the sad demise of Dr Muhammad Ali and Dr Syed Mumtaz Hussain from Coronavirus and expressed his great sympathy with the bereaved families.
In a condolence message here on Sunday, he paid tributes to the services of doctors, frontline workers and other medical personnel in the Corona epidemic and termed it as commendable.
He also appealed to the people to care after themselves and their family after the recent wave of Corona that has taken a serious turn.
The chief minister urged the people to follow Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).
The citizens should strictly follow precautionary measures, Mahmood Khan said, adding, the people make sure to wear face masks in any case.
Earlier, another Doctor martyred due to corona infection and with this the number of martyred Medical Officers reaches to 64 in the province
. A spokesman of the Provincial Doctors Association confirmed the death of doctor identified as Assistant Professor Dr. Muhammad Ali Naseer of Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar. The doctor was under treatment for the last two weeks in the hospital.
