MANSEHRA: People of Pulrah and adjoining areas on Tuesday demanded of the government to notify Tanawal as a separate district.

Resident Riaz Ahmad Tanoli told reporters that people of Tanawal settled in Mansehra, Abbottabad, and Haripur districts were fighting for their rights.

“The government should honour our peaceful struggle for rights and declare Tanawal a separate district of the Hazara division,” he said.

Another resident, Abdul Razzaq, said Tanawal lacked basic facilities and development. “People of the erstwhile Amb and Pulrah states have been peacefully advocating the cause of Tanawal district for along time. The government should notify Tanawal as a separate district,” he said.

Mr Razzaq said the residents of Tanawal were still widely deprived of their basic amenities and development. “If the government is sincere about our development, it should declare Tanawal a district,” he said.

HELD: The police have claimed to have arrested around 100 drug peddlers and seized a large cache of narcotics across Mansehra district last week.

“We launched a crackdown on narcotics earlier this month and have so far arrested around 100 drug pushers and seized around 120kg of charas, 6kg of ice drug and 2kg of heroin,” DPO Shafeeullah Gandapur told reporters here on Tuesday.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2024