The provincial leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has sought data on people displaced from North Waziristan Agency in order to facilitate the tribesmen leaving the agency due to the ongoing military operation, Zarb-e-Azb.
According to PTI Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) President Azam Swati, over 181,000 people were registered at a checkpoint in Bannu, while 3,567 were registered at a checkpoint in DI Khan. However, relief activities are at a standstill because only 80 people have arrived at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp set up in Bannu, Swati told The Express Tribune on Friday.
“We have ensured the provision of electricity, tents, water, doctors and medicines at the IDP camp but very few have reached there. We are now planning another strategy to reach out to the displaced persons in order to facilitate them,” Swati said.
Some 96,487 children of displaced families have been administered anti-polio vaccines at different permanent transit points since the military mounted its Zarb-e-Azb operation in the North Waziristan Agency.
On Friday, members of the Steering Committee on Polio Eradication were informed that a total of 76,565 children were vaccinated at the permanent transit points established at FR Bannu, 13,500 were immunised at the transit points at Hangu/Thal while 1,648 children were vaccinated at DI Khan.
Some 3,500 IDP children were vaccinated during a campaign in Bannu and 1,274 children were given Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) during a campaign in Lakki Marwat, the committee was told.
PESHAWAR: Even before the much-trumpeted Ehtesab Commission Act-2014 could be implemented, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday proposed a major amendment to the law for keeping intact the parallel body known as Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), which was earlier being criticised by it for bad performance.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2014 was tabled in the provincial assembly by adviser to the chief minister, Arif Yousuf. He also tabled the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Regulation of Lady Health Workers Programme and Employees (Regularisation and Standardisation) Ordinance, 2014.
With the decision to establish the Ehtesab Commission for good governance and prevention of corruption, the government had earlier decided to abolish ACE so as to avoid overlapping. However, the government has now backtracked on its stance and decided to keep the status of ACE intact.
PESHAWAR: The provincial government has directed all the deputy commissioners to issue domicile certificates to the candidates on the basis of production of ‘Form B’ issued by the National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra).
The decision has been taken in the wake of the ongoing strike by the revenue department staff, including patwaris.
According to a handout issued by the home & tribal affairs department, government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, here on Friday, the concerned officials were directed to adhere to the policy decision of the provincial government in letter and spirit till further orders.
They were directed to display the orders at the offices of the deputy commissioners, union councils, police stations and other public places for information of the masses, especially the students.
It is worth mentioning here that in the wake of the ongoing strike by the patwaris, the candidates for domiciles, especially students, have been facing hardships in getting domiciles, which is a prerequisite for admission to colleges.
PESHAWAR: Peshawar police have arrested a gang of 12 robbers, including eight women, and recovered stolen jewellery and a car from their possession.
The arrests were made during raids at different places in the district on Friday.
A police spokesman said that the action was taken after a resident of Phase-6 Hayatabad, Ghulam Mustafa, lodged a complaint to police on June 16 that a group of robbers had taken away Rs0.2 million cash and jewellery from his house.
The official said that the robbers were identified as Khan Wali, Mohammad Asim, Noor Daraz, Bin Yamin and women, Gul Lali, Taba, Mena Naaz, Mubarika, Aqal Meena, Farzana, Rubina and Kuntar.