Officials bypassing distt govt, says nazim

By Our Correspondent

CHITRAL: The district nazim and members of the district council were unanimous to register their displeasure over alleged illegal appointments in the education, health and agriculture departments.
Levelling allegations against the provincial government, they said that the district government was being ignored. They said that they were elected representatives of the district but the provincial government ignored them in all spheres of decisions which affected the public.
Addressing on the occasion, District Nazim Maghfirat Shah warned the government that the district government and members of the council would go to any extent to register their protest and to make their importance and significance felt. “I do not shrink from staging a sit-in against the provincial government for seizing and capturing the authorities of the district government,” the enraged nazim said.
He said that the executive officers of the local departments were seeking directions from the provincial government bypassing the district government. At the behest of the provincial government, he said, the outgoing EDO education created a new record of merit violations. He demanded of the government to cancel the appointments in the education, health and agriculture departments.
Through a resolution, moved by Sohrab Khan of Sheshi Koh union council, the house demanded of the government to initiate inquiry into the works and services department for the alleged substandard construction of road for the Sheshi Koh valley at a cost of Rs25 million.

BUS STANDS: The tehsil municipal administration (TMA) Chitral has launched a drive against the illegal bus stands in the city which caused public nuisance and created disturbance for the smooth flow of vehicular traffic, Tehsil Nazim Sartaj Ahmed Khan said.
He said that a spacious bus stand had been established with all necessary and modern facilities for the commuters and no one would be allowed to run bus stands in various corners of the city.
Mr Khan said that with the rapid expansion of city settlements, the traffic problems had assumed a new and challenging form for the people but the TMA had solved a good number of them despite its limited resources and financial crisis.--Dawn