KOHAT: A tubewell in Alizai village has been out of order for last six months, forcing women to fetch water from far flung springs.

Inayat Ali, a former nazim, told reporters on Monday that they had approached the high-ups of the public health engineering department a number of times but no heed was paid to their complaints.

“We have also informed the deputy commissioner and the local lawmakers about the problem but to no avail,” he lamented. The former nazim warned that if the problem was not resolved they would block the Kohat-Orakzai road

POETIC SESSION: Poets at a Pashto mushaira held at Keri Shiekhan on Monday enchanted the audience with their exciting poems.

Noted poet Ishraq Khattak presided over the event organised by Mohabat Saada Aadabi Toolana, whereas poets Adil Sabo Khelvi, Atta Mohammad Atta and Esar Afridi were the guests of honour. The leading poets of the district, Ghulam Sher Afridi and Adil Sabo Khelvi, presented poetic thesis on the work of Nasir Wazir.

Speaking on the occasion, Nasir Wazir said Zera Patyala area was land of poets which had given birth to some tall poetic figures. He said the poems preached love and peace.

TRANSFER OF HEALTH OFFICIAL SOUGHT: The nursing association has demanded transfer of the deputy medical superintendent (DMS) of a major hospital for appointing his blue-eyed female staff during the day shift and giving night duty to the married workers in connivance with the chief nursing superintendent (CNS).

The association said the medical superintendent was being misled by the DMS and CNS who intentionally gave night shift to married employees to accommodate their obedient workers in the day. Addressing a press conference at the press club here on Monday, the association’s president Zafar Iqbal and others alleged massive irregularities in postings and appointments in the hospital.

They said a junior nurse had been appointed charge nurse which was against the rules of the health department, adding the MS was not aware of the actual situation.

They alleged that the government had fixed 10 per cent quota of health cards for nurses but they had not been paid for one year due to the intervention of the DMS.

The nursing staff said they had decided to go on a strike, but deputy commissioner Khalid Ilyas had sought a three-day time to remove their grievances.

Published in Dawn, November 6th, 2018