Probe against revenue officer urged

CHITRAL: Representatives of 11 village conservation committees of the Chitral Gol National Park have demanded an inquiry against the district revenue officer for allegedly paying compensation money for state land to an individual in violation of rules.
At a meeting held under Mr Mohyuddin here on Wednesday, they said the entire land of the national park, except for 15 acres, belonged to the state as decided by the federal land commission in 1973.
They said the former ruler of the Chitral state had no property in the national park other than the 15 acres on which his summer fort stood. They said when a mobile telephone company erected towers inside the park, the revenue officer violated the rules by paying compensation money to the former ruler.
JI LEADER: District Jamaat-i-Islami president Maulana Ghulam Mohammad has said Mulkhow and Torkhow tehsils of Chitral lack healthcare and education facilities. Talking to journalists after his visit to the tehsils here on Wednesday, he said the government seemed not to be interested in solving problems of people. He said hospitals were being run without doctors, medicines and equipment for diagnosis and schools were without teaching staff.
He said access to health and education facilities was the basis right of the people.
He demanded that the government should remove shortage of staff in schools and hospitals of the area, otherwise the residents would take to the streets.
PROFITEERS: DCO Mutasim Billah Shah has said profiteers will be dealt with an iron hand during Ramazan and no leniency will be shown to those found involved in it.
Speaking at a meeting of the district price control committee here on Wednesday, he said a comprehensive system had been evolved to control price hike.
He asked price magistrates to submit reports on price control activities on daily basis so that provision of commodities of daily use could be ensured at controlled rates. The DCO asked consumers to extend cooperation to the administration by reporting to it names of profiteers.
Officials of revenue and food departments, president of the local traders’ union and representatives of other bodies attended the meeting.