KOHAT: The local government members and elders from Gandiali Bala and Payan area have flayed the authorities for not constructing a road to the region, paving the streets and not allowing constructions on a piece of land.

Akhtar Jameel, a local body member from Gandiali Bala, told Dawn on Tuesday that an official statement had claimed that assistant commissioner Usman Ashraf had resolved all the problems of Gandiali people during an open kutchery, but said no such forum was held in the area.

On contact, an official clarified that the statement had wrongly been attributed to Gandiali as it related to an open kutchery held in Taulanj Gandiali area.

Mr Jameel said the revenue department officials demanded bribes from locals for allowing construction on a piece of land transferred in their name in 1860.

He said a canal project worth Rs15 million had been put on the back burner.

Elders Israr and Rahib Noor said a bridge on the Rawalpindi road in Ghulam Banda area and construction of a road to Gandiali Bala had long been awaited.

POLICE MARTYRS: District police officer Abdur Rauf Qaisarani on Tuesday met with children of police martyrs and distributed prizes among them.

Speaking at the function, he said the police had been combating the militancy with heroism for more than a decade, according to a statement.

He said the martyrs would always remain alive in their hearts, adding the provincial government had devised a policy for martyrs and their dependents, under which, family of a martyr was given salary till his retirement age, besides payment of sufficient compensation and a job for one sibling of the fallen personnel.

Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2022