CHARSADDA, April 19: Employees of works and services department on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against the behaviour of Charsadda District Nazim Naseer Mohammad Khan against their deputy director Murad Ali.

Official sources said that the nazim had called on the deputy director in later’s office where the nazim and the official expressed differences over some development works. It is alleged that the nazim misbehaved with the official. Employees of the department staged a demonstration against alleged humiliation of the deputy director by the nazim.

They urged the nazim to mend his ways, adding that as they were government employees and not servants of the nazim.

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