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| October 16, 2005 | Sunday | Ramzan 11, 1426 |
Hefty donation from Vehari
VEHARI, Oct 15: As collection and dispatch of relief goods is continuing throughout the country, people from all walks of life in Vehari are contributing generously to the betterment of quake victims.
Several relief camps have been set up by social, religious and political organizations in the urban and rural areas of the district. Among the volunteers are army officials, traders and students of various schools and colleges.
District Nazim Shahid Mehdi and Burewala Tehsil Nazim Usman Warraich have contributed Rs100,000 each to the President’s Relief Fund for the victims. Officials of various government departments and schoolteachers have donated their one- or two-day salaries, in addition to providing relief goods.
The Burewala Textile Mills has sent cloth as its share for the victims.
Vehari DCO Muhammad Ayub Qazi said over two dozen truckloads of relief goods had been sent to the affected areas. He said a team of doctors and medical technicians had reached Mansehra.
Meanwhile, District Police Officer Muhammad Mukhtar Tikka has taken a serious notice of raise in fares of vehicles to dispatch relief goods. He has asked the police to register cases against the transporters who were overcharging.
GANGS BUSTED: The district police claimed on Saturday to have smashed three gangs of dacoits and recovered over Rs4 million worth booty and weapons from them during the past one week.
DPO Mukhtar Tikka said these three gangs comprised 16 members and they were active in Mailsi and adjoining areas for the last one year in several heinous crimes, besides dacoity.
He said Shaukat Ali alias Shooki gang, Sajjad Husain gang and Nazar Husain alias Nazra gang had made people’s lives difficult and the police had recovered from their possession two cars, six motorcycles, three TV sets, ornaments and Rs200,000 in cash.
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