SHANGLA: The local administration on Monday sealed the offices of six non-government organisations for not having obtained no-objection-certificates to work in the Shangla district.

Deputy Commissioner Abdul Kabir Khan accompanied by Assistant Commissioner, Alpuri, Tariq Mehmood and a police contingent sealed the NGOs’ offices. Kabir Khan told mediapersons on the occasion that the action was taken on the special directives of the provincial government. He said the NGOs had been directed to provide NOCs, but they failed to do so.

The NGOs include Community World Service Asia, Pakistan Mission Society, Help in Need, Lassoona, Nida-Pakistan and ISWDO. The deputy commissioner said offices of NGOs operating without NOCs would be sealed.

Meanwhile, the police on Monday seized huge quantity of Chinese wine during search of a truck in Dandai area of Bisham. Addressing a press conference, SHO Dandai police station Sayed Habib Shah said on a tip-off a truck coming from Gilgit-Baltistan loaded with Chinese foods was stopped at Dandai checkpost. During search of the vehicle, the police found huge quantity of liquor which was packed in 40 cartons.

He said the truck with 700 bottles of liquor was impounded and its driver, Khurshed Ahmed of Manshera district, was arrested. The police officer said the accused told police the wine was loaded from a goods transport station at Sust and was being carried to Islamabad. He said the police had lodged an FIR in the case.

Published in Dawn, August 29th, 2017