SWABI: The district administration would daily distribute 7,000 subsidised wheat flour bags of 20-kilogram to consumers during Ramazan, official sources said on Saturday.

The government flour is provided at Rs1,300 per 20kg, while the same bag is available for Rs2,200 in the open market.

The sources told Dawn that the district administration had also cancelled the licences of the flour dealers affiliated with the PTI.

Swabi deputy commissioner Furqan Ashraf said under the new mechanism, only the district administration officials would carry out the flour distribution.

However, consumers demanded that the flour supply quota for Ramazan should be increased for Ramazan because about 50 per cent of the approximately two million population of the district was poor.

Meanwhile, residents of different regions have complained they have not been getting subsidised flour for last few days.

Residents of Naro village asked the local jirga members to meet the deputy commissioner and request him for restoration of their flour quota.

INJURED: Six people were injured in different road accidents and a gun attack here on Saturday, Rescue 1122 officials said.

They said four youngsters were injured when two motorcycles they were riding collided in Shewa Adda area. A rescue team provided first aid to the injured and shifted them to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

The injured were identified as Zulqarnain Khan,17, Hasnain Khan, 19, Waseem Khan, 17, and Ramzan Khan, 25.

In the other incident, Hamad Khan, a 12th grader, hailing from Chota Lahor, was injured when a rickshaw and bike collided on Swabi-Jehangira Road.

Khadim Khan, 23, who hails from Sheikh Jana village, was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on him. He was taken to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in injured condition.

Published in Dawn, March 12th, 2023