LAKKI MARWAT: The process of filing nomination papers for different vacant seats of councillors in village and neighbourhood councils has completed as 21 aspirants have submitted their papers with returning officer at the district headquarters complex, Tajazai.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has appointed deputy commissioner Mohammad Bakhtiar Khan as the district returning officer and deputy district education officer Ikramullah Khan as returning officer for local government by-elections.

Four candidates, including Mohammad Shoaib, Najibullah, Imranullah Khan and Ejaz Khan, filed papers for the only seat of youth councillor in neighbourhood council, Lakki city-III.

Umreen Nisa filed papers for the only seat of woman councillor in Jabukhel village council.

Akhtar Tasleem and Kalsoom Bibi are in the run for the only seat of woman councillor in Ghaznikhel village council.

Kifayatullah, Tasleemullah and Kalimullah submitted papers for the only seat of peasant/worker councillor in Kot Kashmir village council.

In village council Shakh Quli Khan, Irfanullah Khan, Noor Kamal, Shafiullah and Hayatullah -- will contest election for the only seat of general councillor.

Azizullah Khan, Mohammad Ali, Nawaz Khan, Rehmatullah Khan and Mir Hakim Khan – filed papers for the only seat of general councillor in Paharkhel Thal-I village council.

Khidmatullah and Latifullah have filed papers for the only seat of general councillor in Khankhel Mandozai village council.

NON-IODISED SALT DESTROYED: The local administration destroyed a huge quantity of non-iodised salt here on Wednesday.

Lakki Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Bakhtiar Khan had received complaints that non-iodised salt had been imported to the district from neighbouring Mianwali district of Punjab and was being sold in the local market.

Upon that a team headed by additional assistant commissioner Abdul Samad Khan raided the city’s bazaars and seized 350 kilogramme of unhygienic salt.

The traders were fined on the spot and the commodity seized from them was destroyed.

A representative of micro nutrient, who was part of the team, told Dawn that production and sale of non-iodised salt was prohibited under the law.

He said local traders imported the commodity from Punjab and sold it at cheaper rates.

Published in Dawn, April 20th, 2017