Deduction of dues criticized

Published April 24, 2006

KOHAT, April 23: The tehsil council has taken exception to deduction of Rs15 million electricity dues made by the centre at source and asked the provincial government to pay salaries to its employees who have not received their salaries for March. The president of the Tehsil Municipal Administration Employees Association, Suhail Qureshi, raised the issue of salaries during a session of the council held with convener Zikria Khan in the chair on Saturday.

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