KHAR: Jamaat-i-Islami MPA from Bajaur tribal district Sirajuddin Khan on Monday launched a drinking water project from own resources in own constituency, PK-102.

The launching ceremony was held in the hilly Zagai area, where tribal elders, Jamaat workers and residents showed up in large numbers.

The lawmaker said the project was meant to supply drinking water to all villages of the constituency.

He said as PK-102 lacked the supply of drinking water, he had planned to execute the project shortly after winning the July 2018 election but that didn’t happen for certain reasons.

Mr Sirajuddin claimed that the project would initially be executed in Mamond tehsil and it would be extended to Nawagai, Charming and Chamarkand tehsils afterwards.

He said the constituency was ignored in the past leaving the residents with basic facilities, so he had decided to spend 25 percent of his resources for the people’s development.

The JI MPA said he had also planned other development schemes from own resources as well for the constituency.

Published in Dawn, January 7th, 2020