Oghi dwellers seek subsidised wheat flour
Peshawar
March 17, 2021
MANSEHRA: The people of Oghi tehsil on Tuesday said that they were being deprived of wheat flour being sold at the subsidised price of Rs860 per 20kg bag by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.
“Though the Pakhtunkhwa government claims to supply enough wheat flour at the specified outlets in Oghi and rest of the province, we have been experiencing its shortage since the start of the programme early this year,” Liaqat Zaman, a local told reporters in Oghi.
A group of locals led by Zaman said that the flour mills were being supplied with subsidised wheat for grinding and supplying it to specified sale points to sell a 20kg bag at the price of Rs860 but people were deprived of it.
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Evictions of forest dwellers fuel Kashmir fears
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March 9, 2021
PAHALGAM: Ghulam Khatana’s family lived half their lives in a simple log hut in Kashmir’s forests, until around 200 men brandishing guns and iron rods chased them out of their home and into the blistering cold.
As India steps up its efforts to assert control over the fractious Himalayan region, communities living in remote woodlands say they’ve been banished from their ancestral homes. Thousands of apple trees in small forest villages have been chopped down and wooden homes knocked down by police, forest guards and other officials.
“They just ended our traditional way of life. I feel as if I was buried alive,” said 30-year-old Khatana in occupied Kashmir’s famed Pahalgam tourist region. “It (the forest) protects us from disease and sustains us. But they have thrown us out.”
Angoor Adda dwellers seek basic amenities
Peshawar
February 18, 2021
PESHAWAR: The residents of Angoor Adda, South Waziristan, staged demonstration here on Wednesday, urging the government to provide them basic necessities of life.
Led by Mohammad Rasool, Janat Mir, Mohibullah and others, the protesters, carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favour of their demands, gathered outside the Peshawar Press Club.
The speakers observed that the non-availability of education, health and mobile network facilities had created problems for them and their children.
They said their children had to go to far-flung areas to acquire higher education. They demanded schools, colleges and hospital in the Angoor Adda area.