KOHAT: The social welfare department and Panagah Welfare Board, Kohat, on Saturday agreed on a mechanism to provide free pick and drop facility to poor homeless people from designated spots to shelter homes.

The meeting in this regard was convened by the district officer social welfare, Kohat, in his office on the directives of deputy commissioner Roshan Mehsud and director social welfare, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Amjad Afridi. Additional deputy commissioner Bashir Ahmad chaired the meeting.

It was attended by member of Panagah Welfare Board, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Saleem Altaf, Pakistan Baitul Mal, Kohat, assistant director Ghaffar Khan and Ittefaq welfare organisation chairman Isar Ali Bangash.

They decided to provide the facility of pick and drop to the poor so that they could comfortably pass the night and have healthy meal in harsh cold weather according to the PM’s vision.

Meanwhile, the provincial government provided the facility of neurologistat the KDA Teaching Hospital to rid the people of Kohat division of going to Peshawar for treatment.

Dr Sohail Adnan would attend the OPD from Tuesday to Thursday every week.

Medical superintendent Nasir Afridi chairing a meeting on Saturday said that there were 270 neurologists in the country and the facility was not available anywhere at the district level. It would help the patients from Kohat, Hangu, Karak, Kurram and Orakzai districts and Darra Adamkhel.

He said that now the people would not have to go to Peshawar for the treatment of paralysis, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, sciatica, weakness of muscles and nerves, etc.

Also in the day, social mobilisers of the Water Supply and Sanitation Company highlighted the struggle of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah for securing a separate homeland for Muslims.

They organised the Quaid Day function at the government high school, KDA Town. On this occasion, they vowed to continue joint efforts for clean and green Pakistan.

Published in Dawn, December 26th, 2021