Quake-hit people's week-long protest goes unnoticed

Photo: Jahan Zeb[/caption] The quake-hit people alleged mass irregularities in the distribution of compensation cheuqes by the district administration. They also alleged that the officials concerned deliberately dropped the names of deserving people from the compensation list and facilitated their own blue-eyed boys. Talking to the protestors, Salahuddin Tofan, Hasan Muhammad, Haji Muhtaram Shah and Abdul Bari said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had announced to compensate the affected people without any discrimination but the district administration was creating problems for the people of this backward area and trying to overshadow the PM’s announcement. They said a number of families were dropped from the original list, adding the administration should clarify why and on whose directions it had done all this. The protestors’ demands included immediate release of the compensation amount to those who had received the cheques, issuance of cheques to those whose names were included in the assessment list and payment of compensation to the fresh applicants.]]>