MANSEHRA: The residents of Lassan Nawab area on Wednesday demonstrated against the government’s move to declare Pulrah the headquarters of the newly-notified Tanawal tehsil.

“We welcome the grant of tehsil status to Tanawal but will never accept Pulrah as its headquarters,” chairman of the Sehki village council Malik Sher told the rally in Lassan Nawab area on Wednesday.

The protesters marched from the central bazaar to the bus terminal shouting slogans.

Mr Sher said Lassan Nawab was the one of the biggest towns in Tanawal tehsil but the government unfairly declared Pulrah the tehsil headquarters.

Peasant councillor Bashir Tanoli demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Pulrah notification and said if the government was reluctant to declare Lassan Nawab the tehsil headquarters, Sawan Mera should be given that status to please the people.

Lassan Nawab people say Pulrah as Tanawal HQs unacceptable

IMPOUNDED: The excise and taxation department on Wednesday impounded dozens of unregistered vehicles in Oghi.

Inspector (excise and taxation) Atif Qayyum told reporters that a crackdown had been launched on the vehicles driven without the relevant documents and proper number plates.

He said owners took away the seized cars after paying fines and dues and obtaining registrations.

Meanwhile, the residents of Shergar and adjoining areas demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority to blacktop roads in Oghi tehsil.

They met local MPA Nawabzada Fareed, complained about the dilapidated condition of the roads from Shergar to Oghi and others, and demanded their early repair and blacktopping.

CAMPUS DEMANDED: A delegation of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl met Governor Ghulam Ali in the provincial capital and requested him to ensure the establishment of a campus of the Hazara University in Oghi tehsil of Mansehra district.

The governor assured visitors of an early action on the matter in line with a federal government’s decision made six years ago, JUI-F district general secretary Maulana Nasir Mehmood told reporters in Oghi.

PROTEST: Employees of local government department and secretaries of the village and neighbourhood councils on Thursday staged a rally here against relief and rehabilitation minister Iqbal Wazir for storming the LG directorate-general’s offices in Peshawar.

The protesters marched on the Kashmir Road and Kutcheri Road from outside the district council offices to the press club’s premises.

“Minister Iqbal Wazir and his armed men ransacked DG offices and held employees hostage. Such a conduct is unacceptable, so we will continue with the closure of offices until the minister is dealt with strictly,” assistant director (local government) Tauseef Ahmad told protesters.

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2022