MANSEHRA: Federal parliamentary secretary for water resources and MNA Salah Mohammad Khan on Monday inaugurated a Rs1 billion gas project for Shanai Bala area here.
“Our government believes in practical work instead of rhetoric and is serving the people through development projects. Natural gas will be supplied to this area and its outskirtssoon,” the local lawmaker told the pipeline laying ceremony.
He said the former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government created hurdles to the gas project and even cancelled it but he got it approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan again.
“The prime minister not only re-approved this project but also released Rs1 billion funds for its speedy completion,” he said.
Mr Salah said the government had released around Rs2 billion for the construction of roads to promote tourism and create jobs in Siran, Konsh and Kaghan valleys.
GOVT FLAYED: Parliamentary leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Sardar Mohammad Yusuf on Monday said the days of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government were numbered and his party would come to power soon to address major national issues.
He told a public meeting in Jabar Davli area here that the people struggled to buy essential commodities due to the rising inflation and unemployment rates.
Mr Yusuf wondered how the people could meet household expenses, especially the cost of their children’s education, under the current circumstances.
He said the government’s flawed policies had led the country to the brink of economic collapse.
The PML-N leader also alleged that the ruling PTI used the National Accountability Bureau for the character assassination of political rivals, especially PML-N leaders.
Former district nazim Sardar Said Ghulam, who was also in attendance, alleged that many development projects launched by his government were abandoned by the PTI government.
On the occasion, hundreds of people led by former local government representatives announced that they had quit the PTI and joined the PML-N.
SUICIDE: Two people, including a woman, committed suicide here on Monday.
A mentally-challenged Afghan woman fatally shot herself with a pistol in Chomora area. The police registered an FIR and began investigation to ascertain the cause of suicide.
In another incident, Mohammad Naseer, father of a child, jumped into the Kunhar River in Garhi Habibullah area and drowned. The divers tried in vain to find the body.
The police registered an FIR and began investigation into the incident.
Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2021
