KOHAT: The minority community of Kohat has demanded construction of boundary wall around Gora Qabristan and removal of garbage thrown by people in the vicinity.

Pakistan People Party minority wing’s former provincial president Naseeb Chand took the local mediapersons to the graveyard where priest Nasir Girrad briefed them on the situation.

He said that the absence of boundary wall was also a security threat whereas the bad smell from garbage dumped inside the graveyard area was unbearable for the visitors.

Minority leaders in Kohat say govt not solving their problems

District president of minority wing Rehman Chand, Himmat Ali, Mubashir Azeem Masih, Fazal Gul and Azeem Masih were also present on the occasion. They said that the provincial government had failed to solve the problems being faced by the minorities. They said that the tehsil municipal administration had been asked repeatedly to remove the garbage, but to no avail.

They threatened to hold a protest in front of the Chief Minister House if the garbage was not removed and work on the boundary wall not started immediately.

ROADS IN BAD SHAPE: Political activists and businessmen have demanded early reconstruction and repair of roads in Kohat city.

The demand was made by former local body representatives Misbahuddin and Fiaz Afridi and Kohat Chamber of Commerce and Industry vice-president Rasheed Ahmad during a meeting with local MPA Ziaullah Bangash here the other day.

The visitors complained that the city roads were in bad shape by and large and that they became pools of water whenever it rained to the misery of pedestrians and motorcyclists alike.

They said their repeated requests to the relevant authorities, especially councillors and nazims, for the reconstruction and repairs of roads had fallen on deaf ears.

MPA Ziaullah told the visitors that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority was responsible for taking care of Bannu Road, whereas reconstruction and repair on Junglekhel and KDA Town roads was underway. He directed the TMA SDO to file ‘progress report’ on the road work underway in KP-38 union councils.

HUNDI BUSINESS: The illegal business of hundi and money changing has resumed a few months after raids by the Federal Investigation Agency and arrest of over a dozen businessmen.

The businessmen had adopted a new modus operandi by employing a servant to sit downstairs while shifting their shops to the last floor of the plazas so that they could be informed about arrival of the raiding teams.

The hundi traders have started their business again in the bazaar, outside Shah Faisal Gate and in Miankhel Bazaar. A money-changer requesting anonymity said on Sunday that they had resumed the business at a small scale after the raids.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2016