SWABI: The leaders of Local Government Federation (LGF) have threatened to stage a protest sit-in outside Al-Markaz Islami, the provincial office of Jamaat-i-Islam in Peshawar, if Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government fails to accept their demands before the local bodies’ elections.

Addressing a meeting here on Monday, the leaders of LGF said that the tactics of the provincial government had upset them. The meeting was attended by LGF provincial vice-president Taufiq Zaman, information secretary Shaukat Ali Anjum, Mardan division chairman Qasim Ali and district president Niaz Ali besides local leaders and workers of the federation.

The participants of the meeting said that provincial government failed to meet their demands. They demanded of the government to fulfil their demands before the upcoming local government elections.

The speakers said that their three main demands included service structure for local government employees, upgradation of their service and regularisation of all the contract employees.

The failure of the government created a sense of deprivation and frustration among the workers, they said, adding that it was responsibility of the government to take steps after making promises with the leaders of local government employees.

Mr Qasim said that they planned to stage a protest sit-in outside Al-Markaz Islami till acceptance of their demands by the government.

Jamaat-i-Islmi is a partner in the coalition government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and minister for local government belongs to it.

SUICIDE: Jehangir Khan, a 20-year-old boy, committed suicide by consuming poisonous tablets here on Monday, said police.

The incident occurred in Yuqubi village in the limits of Yar Hussain police station. The deceased had developed differences with his parents and brothers over some domestic issues. — Correspondent

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2015

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