MANSEHRA: Nazim-elect of Kundar Hassanzai tehsil Momin Gul Khan has alleged that the subsidised wheat flour meant for Torghar district is sold in the neighbouring Mansehra district.

Accompanied by a group of residents, the nazim told reporters on Thursday that the provincial government supplied subsidised flour to Hazara division but it didn’t reach Torghar residents for being sold in Tanawal area of Mansehra district.

“We have been forced to buy a 20kg flour bag at Rs1400 on the market though it is sold for the subsidised rate of Rs800 in other districts,” he said.

Mr Momin demanded a government investigation into the matter for the punishment of the culpable people.

Say flour meant for district being sold in Mansehra

He said elected representatives won’t allow such injustice meted out to the residents.

The nazim said the food department should select points for the sale of subsidised flour in Torghar like other parts of Hazara division and if that didn’t happen, the people would stage street protests.

Meanwhile, the people of Oghi tehsil complained that they couldn’t avail themselves of free healthcare at private facilities in the area under the government’s Sehat Sahulat Card programme.

Leading a group of residents, Mohammad Jamil Ahmad told reporters that the people had approached the local lawmakers for seeking the empanelment of private health facility in the area for the Sehat Sahulat Card programme, but to no avail.

MAN KILLED: A man was killed when a car fell into a deep ravine in Chajal area of Lower Kohistan district on Thursday.

The incident occurred on the Karakoram Highway as the driver lost control of the car due to speeding on the way to Gilgit from Battagram.

The Rescue 1122 officials shifted driver Mohammad Riaz of Gilgit in injured condition to a nearby hospital, where the doctors pronounced him dead.

The body was sent to Gilgit by an ambulance after the completion of medico-legal formalities.

In another incident,a man died after being hit by his younger brother and sons with clubs and sticks.

Ghulam Mustafa with serious injuries was shifted to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital, where the doctors pronounced him dead.

The police registered an FIR and began raids to arrest the accused, including Aurangzeb and his sons, who fled after the attack.

Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2022