SWABI: Most of the voters in different areas of the district said that they were disappointed with politicians as they failed to work for welfare of people.

During visits to different localities in NA-19 constituency, this correspondent questioned voters about the role and contribution of various leaders of political and religious parties. Voters said that leaders made pledges and knocked at their doors during election campaign but it was difficult to even meet them once they were elected.

“I will not vote for anyone. The past experiences showed that our leaders deceived people and never ever worked for either people or country,” said Rahim Dad, 75, a resident of Naro Kallay.

Those people, who got various benefits from the government during the PTI regime, were still holding on to the hope and supported the same leaders once again but youth were divided.

Rehmat Ali of Maneri Bala region said that it was claimed by Asad Qaiser, who remained speaker of national and provincial assemblies, that natural gas would be provided to consumers, however, people were misled for nearly a decade.

“We have played our due role by sending politicians of different parties to assemblies in various general elections and attached great expectations with them but what role they played,” questioned Rohal Amin of Topi.

Voters said that outage of gas and electricity, unemployment, lack of health and education facilities, broken link roads, corruption and brain drain were main issues about which politicians had pledged to resolve but they failed to fulfil their promises.

Voters in the constituency are visibly divided. Most of them are not interested even in taking part the elections. They question the contribution of various leaders and allege that they know the tactics to mislead people during election campaign.

BODY: Police found a mutilated body in the limits of Chota Lahor City police station here the other day.

SHO Shahzad Khan told this scribe that they were informed by locals that a dead body was lying in Kaya Bardinullah. The deceased was first killed and then his dead body was thrown into the water, he added.

The body was shifted to tehsil headquarters hospital for autopsy. The picture of the deceased was shared on social media for identification.

Published in Dawn, January 13th, 2024