LAKKI MARWAT: Teachers’ organisations have condemned the harassment of polling staff at some polling stations in the Dec 19 local body elections, and threatened that they will not perform duty in the second phase of the elections if they are not given protection.
The announcement was made at a meeting of the school officers association and subject specialists association held at a government school in Bannu city on Friday.
The teachers’ leaders alleged that the polling staff, especially women presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers, were disrespected by the candidates and their supporters. They said the authorities concerned should take notice of it. They said it was the responsibility of local administration to take concrete steps for provision of security and respect to teachers when their services were hired for election duty.
FREE EYE CAMP: A free eye camp was organised in remote Begukhel village of Lakki Marwat on Friday
A team of doctors from Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital, Rawalpindi, examined more than 1,500 patients, mostly women, and provided them with medicines and glasses at the camp, organised by Dil Jan Foundation, a local welfare body.
Around 50 patients were also operated upon for eye-related complications Dil Jan Khan Marwat, the foundation’s chairman, was also present on the occasion.
Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2021
