LANDI KOTAL: The Khyber Agency chapter of PML-N on Saturday threatened to block the Peshawar-Nowshera road and organise a protest sit-in in front of the Governor’s House in Peshawar if basic facilities were not provided to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Bara presently residing in Jalozai camp.
The party’s Khyber Agency president, Sohail Afridi, visited the camp and met a number of the aggrieved IDPs residing in worn-out tents and extremely unhygienic conditions.
Addressing a gathering on the occasion, he said that the Provincial Disaster Management Authority had already reduced the food ration to half and food items provided to IDPs were of substandard quality.
He said that this had badly affected the physical health of most of the camp inmates.
Demands provision of facilities in Jalozai camp
Mr Afridi alleged that hospital at the camp lacked proper medical facilities and the only lady doctor was also not ensuring her regular presence on duty.
Most of the female patients, he said, were compelled to travel to Nowshera and Peshawar for treatment.
The PML-N activist announced formation of a committee comprising representatives of various tribes to meet the political agency of Khyber Agency and apprise him of their problems.
Property distribution
Khugakhel elders on Saturday decided to equally distribute their joint landed property both in Landi Kotal and Torkham to overcome housing problems confronted by majority of the area residents.
The Khugakhel elders, including Shah Hussain, Noor Din, Aqal Mir and Malak Mujeeb, met at Murad Khan’s residence and took stock of the growing demand by low income people to build new houses.
The jirga decided to constitute a committee comprising representatives of Basikhel, Ashrafkhel and Fatmikhel, saying that it would equally distribute the joint property in Said Jamala and Giyanrai localities of Landi Kotal and Torkham, respectively.
The jirga observed that the joint property (shahmilath) was unutilised while a majority of Khugakhel residents were in need of houses due to rapid increase in local population and shortage of living space in their existing residential facilities.
The jirga members said that it was time to demarcate equal share of all the three sub-tribes and hand them over their due share with mutual consultation.
Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2014
