Chitral residents not satisfied with working of police, BISP

CHITRAL, Dec 27:  During a workers’ convention of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) called by MNA Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin here on Saturday, the participants piled up complaints against the alleged unequal distribution of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) cards and the nepotism of the Chitral police. The public meeting was presided over by retired Capt Farooqul Azam. Addressing on the occasion, the participants said the BISP assistance cards had been given to undeserving people at the cost of the poor for which the programme was meant. They said the attitude of the staff with the card holders visiting the BISP offices was not proper. Even there are no separate waiting rooms for women at the BISP offices. People visiting the offices for getting their monthly stipends and renewal of cards were not entertained on time and kept waiting for days. The speakers also condemned the alleged nepotism of the Chitral police and the station house officer (SHO) Chitral. They said the deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner and the district police officer had already ordered the imposition of Section 144/145, banning the cutting of forest and grazing of goats at Singor area. A letter in this regard was marked for the SHO police station Chitral but he allegedly received bribe from the opponent group and did not execute the order of the district administration, they alleged. They said the police were harassing the poor people for keeping 12-bore guns for hunting, but never took action against those who were openly selling narcotics in Chitral. They also criticized the failure of Golen water supply scheme and demanded an inquiry into the scam saying Rs.360 million were spent on the project but the people were still deprived of drinking water. They pointed out that during the PPP government, the local PPP leader got bribe even for recruitment of class-IV staff. The speakers also criticized Khalid Pervez, the president of the APML Chitral, for not attending the phone calls of the party workers. Besides, there is no party office in Chitral where the workers can get their issues resolved. They also criticized the government for the poor condition of the Torkhow and Mastuj roads. The MNA assured the party workers and the public that he would raise these issues on the floor of National Assembly to resolve them. Those who spoke on the occasion included Ashraf Wali Singoor,  Miraj Muhammad, Fazal Rehman Booni, Syed Sardar Hussain, Safeerullah Torkhow, Sultan Ameer, Shokor Muhammad, Rab Nawaz Khan Arando, Qazi Israruddin Ashiret, Munir Ahmad Charvelo, Alauddin Urfi, Mulkow, Umar Rafi of Broghil, Nazaneen Drosh, Noor Ahmad Khan Broze, Yasing Kalash and Farooqul Azam.]]>