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PESHAWAR, Dec 14: Nazims of the 24 districts of the province have agreed to launch a joint struggle to get fiscal and administrative powers as envisaged in the Local Government Ordinance.
The decision was taken at a meeting which was convened by Nazim Peshawar City District Haji Ghulam Ali here on Tuesday.
The meeting constituted a six-member committee comprising Haji Ghulam Ali, Humayun Saifullah Khan, Sardar Haider Zaman, Sahibzada Tariqullah, Naseer Muhammad Khan and Rauf Muhammad for launching an effective campaign.
The participants also agreed to establish a secretariat in Peshawar which would be used as a central point by district Nazims.
TOWN-IV NAZIM: Nazim Town-IV, Peshawar, Arbab Amir Ayub has urged the federal and provincial governments to resolve genuine problems of the residents of the town.
Speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday, he said that the town comprising 21 union councils had been ignored in the past and its residents were facing various problems including low voltage and load shedding, non-availability of gas and shortage of irrigation water.
Mr Ayub, who was flanked by members of a joint action committee of the area, said that the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) had started unscheduled load shedding. He said people were fed up with frequent load shedding and they even blocked Peshawar-Kohat road on Wednesday to register their protest against indifferent attitude of Pesco authorities. He gave a 15-day deadline to the company to resolve power related problems in the area.
“Nazims and councillors will not accept responsibility if people came out again on the road”, he added.
The town nazim complained that majority of transformers in this area were faulty and caused low voltage. He urged Pesco to install new transformers to solve the problem.
He said that 95 per cent population of the town had not been provided gas. He urged management of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline to ensure provision of natural gas to the area.
He pointed out that the provincial Irrigation Department had not de-silted canals due to which there was an acute shortage of irrigation water.
He said majority of the people depended on agriculture and asked the provincial government to remove silt from canals to ensure sufficient water flow.
