Leaders' rivalry costs Chitral dearly

Through the curtsey of your esteemed online paper, I would like to refer to the recent wave of allegations and counter allegations leveled against each other by the former and incumbent MNA of Chitral. I think NA-24 Chitral has been experiencing the worst things for the last seven years. Since 2002, our ex-MNA and the sitting MNA have indulged themselves in the dirty game of mudslinging and leg-pulling at the cost of the poor people of Chitral. In this dirty game, the people of Chitral lost four billion rupees of development funds meant for draught reduction programme, sport complex, infrastructure and poverty alleviation. It is in the interest of only two individuals that the dirty game is going on. It reminds me an old saying “Small minds discuss individuals, big minds discuss matters and genius works in silence”. It is a pity that instead of solving the burning problems of Chitral, the former and sitting MNAs are indulging themselves in petty issues of personal interest and personal rivalry which have nothing to do with the problems facing Chitrali people. Since 2002 the people have become fed up with this negative attitude of Chitrali leadership. Therefore, we appeal to the sitting MNA Shahzada Mohiuddin to turn a deaf ear to the allegations of adversaries and focus on serving the people. It is a pity that our leadership is involved in petty issues instead of serving the people.

Bashir Hussain Azad,
Chitral