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Govt pushing local govt schemes ahead of LB polls
RMC told to complete tender process by Feb 2
People are shopping in a crowded market of Rawalpindi where traders refused to follow lockdown orders issued by the Punjab government.. PHOTO: ONLINE
RAWALPINDI:
With the local bodies’ elections barely three months away, the provincial government has started sending the proposed development schemes to the Local Government Planning Board for final approval.
The neighbourhood level schemes have been devised in consultation with the PTI members of the national and provincial assemblies to woo voters of their respective constituencies in Rawalpindi. The Punjab government has approved funds worth over Rs1.37 billion to be released through ruling party’s lawmakers for neighbourhood development schemes in the garrison city, sources said. These funds are part of Rs5.55 billion package for microlevel development schemes across the province to further strengthen position of the ruling party
Police book PTI leader for vandalism
Ex-councillor Mehfooz allegedly attacked market committee office
PHOTO: FILE
RAWALPINDI:
Naseerabad police have registered a case against the brother of Rawalpindi Chief Coordinator Raja Nasir Mehfooz and 30 others for vandalising the office of Rawalpindi Market Committee office on Wednesday.
Nasir’s brother, Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation ex-councillor Raja Waheed Mehfooz and his accomplices had allegedly attacked the committee’s office and beat up the staff.
Rawalpindi Market Committee Chairman Chaudhry Imtiaz Ahmed had lodged a complaint with the Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner (DC) that Mehfooz and 30 other people had attacked his office during an argument over digging a tube-well. Ahmed said that when he reached the office on December 4, he saw tube-well boring machines, tents, and other equipment lying in the area adjacent to his office.