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PESHAWAR, Sept 19: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has assured Fata Sikh community that the accused involved in kidnapping of a five-year old Sikh child would soon be arrested and brought to the book.
He said protection to life and property of all citizens was a primary responsibility of the government.
The governor was talking to a 12-member representative delegation of Fata Sikhs, including the Sikh child, Araindar Singh, who called on him at the Governor’s House on Monday.
He appreciated hectic efforts and cooperation of the Khyber Agency’s tribal elders and political administration for safe recovery of the child.
The delegation was led by former councillor Peshawar district Sahib Singh. The governor also expressed confidence that the authorities would continue their efforts to prevent such incidence in future.
It may be mentioned here that this was the second incidence of its kind. Another Sikh child had been kidnapped earlier but he too was safely recovered.
The governor said though recovery of the child took more than four and a half month, yet it was a big achievement.
Araindar Singh was kidnapped from his school in the Orakzai Agency and later shifted to a far flung area of the Khyber Agency. The political administration of the Khyber Agency, however, recovered the child and arrested an accused involved in his abduction.
HEALTH REGULATORY BODY: The NWFP health department has proposed amendments to the law empowering the health regulatory authority (HRA) to regulate blood banks.
Initially, it was the responsibility of the Blood Transfusion Authority (BTA) to regulate the functioning of the blood banks, said sources.
According to them, the necessity to propose amendments to the law was felt in the wake of conflicting laws. They said that according to the existing law, it was the responsibility of both the BTA and HRA to conduct raids on the blood banks violating the rules.
