LAKKI MARWAT: Provincial minister for public health engineering Malik Pakhtoonyar has directed early completion of the solar-powered water supply schemes to ensure provision of clean and safe drinking water to citizens.

Talking to reporters during a surprise inspection visit to the offices of sub-divisional officer and executive engineer of the PHED department in Lakki city and at the District Headquarters Complex, Tajazai, on Monday, he said the provincial government also planned to put tubewells on solar power to keep them functional during electricity loadshedding.

The minister checked the attendance of employees at both the offices and got himself acquainted about the problems faced by them.

Deputy commissioner Rahmat Ali Wazir accompanied him.

Mr Pakhtoonyar said a sub-divisional office of the public health engineering department would be established in Serai Naurang town.

He said negligence on part of officials in service delivery would not be tolerated. He asked the deputy commissioner to keep a check on performance of PHED staffers and ensure their presence in their respective offices.

BAN: Deputy commissioner Rahmat Ali Wazir has banned display of weapons, firing in the air, wheelie and pillion-riding for 10 days in Lakki Marwat district.

An official said on Monday the restrictions had been imposed on the request of the district police officer to ensure protection to people’s lives and properties during Eidul Fitr.

He said immediate preventive measures were inevitable to curb anti-state activities.

The official said use of tinted glass in vehicles, firecrackers and swimming in Marwat canal, Pezu dam and other rivers had also been banned.

“The administration has also banned joyride in amusement parks without possession of fitness certificate from authorities concerned,” he added.

He said the violators would be dealt with sternly as per the law.

MAN KILLED: A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a rickshaw in Lakki Marwat on Monday.

A rescue official said the accident occurred on Manjiwala link road. He identified the deceased as Haji Mohammad, 58, and the injured as Hamza, 16, residents of Manjiwala.

The deceased and the injured were taken to a hospital in Serai Naurang town.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2024