LOWER DIR: Former MPA advocate Mohammad Zamin on Sunday asked the Pakistan Peoples Party workers to participate in the proposed Peshawar meeting on the foundation day of the party on Nov 30.

He was addressing a party meeting in Odigram here, which was attended by its workers from Balambat, Khall and Maidan. Malik Muzaffar Khan, advocate Salim Khan, Jehan Anwar and others spoke on the occasion.

The speakers said that the party was determined to hold its rally in Peshawar on Nov 30 despite the government’s ban.

They said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was afraid of the PPP’s popularity.

They said that the PPP Lower Dir chapter had finalised its arrangements for the Peshawar rally and hundreds of workers from the district would participate in it.

DIABETES PATIENTS: The district surgeon at the DHQ hospital, Timergara, Dr Bakht Sarwar has advised the diabetic patients to avoid stretching their legs and feet to fire in winter season.

Talking to mediapersons here, he said the number of diabetic patients was increasing in Lower Dir due to one or the other reason.

He said that most of the aged people stretched their legs and feet to stoves or fire in winter, which must be avoided.

He said that feet swelled due to heat and the patient might suffer gangrene.

The surgeon said the foot or its part was to be cut in such a situation that troubled the patient more. He said the diabetics should wear warm clothes and socks and avoid washing their feet in winter.

Meanwhile, Lower Dir district health officer Dr Irshad Rughani tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time.

He was briefly admitted to the THQ hospital, Talash, and then he was home quarantined, the hospital sources said.

Published in Dawn, November 29th, 2021