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SKARDU, Oct 25: A water tank and channel, built under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP) at Chorbat nullah in Ghanche district, was damaged by some unknown people on Thursday night, sources said.
Reports reaching here from Chorbat valley states that the residents of Siksa Town alleged that the people of a nearby town, Pyon, were responsible for the damage. They also alleged that some employees of the Northern Areas Public Works Department and Department of Education were involved in the incident.
Some people of Siksa Town registered an FIR with the Ghanche police against 60 accused persons of Pyon.
In the meantime, the residents of Pyon, including women and children, staged a protest rally at registering the FIR against their relatives and demanded of the district administration not to arrest them. They marched at midnight towards Khaplu— the headquarters of Ghanche district.
On receiving the information, Northern Areas Legislative Council member Mohammad Jaffer, district council Chairman Mohammad Ibrahim and Khapula Municiple Committee chief Mohammad Yousuf met the protesters and stopped the rally between Kuwas and Dawoo villages, 25km east of Khaplu.
Participants of the rally agreed to withdraw from further proceeding when the public representatives assured them that the issue would be resolved soon.
But, despite the assurance, the Ghanche police arrested 21 persons of Pyon.
BOY CRUSHED: A student was killed in an accident near Kooru Olding here the other day, sources told Dawn .
Mohammad Sadiq of Kooru Community School was crossing a road near the school when a speeding Toyota Jeep hit him. The driver, Shabbir, resident of Kuwardo, took the boy immediately to the DHQ Hospital, but he died on way to the hospital.
