Residents of Yarkhun valley lamented AKES, AKRSP for their malpractices.
By: Gul Hamaad Farooqi
CHITRAL: Residents of Yarkhun valley strongly condemned and criticized Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) and Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) for their malpractices and injustices with poor people. Addressing a huge press conference Sahib Noor President of Pakistan Tahriki Insaf (PTI) union council Yarkhun said that his daughter is reading in 9th class at AKES Koragh who were not allowed to participate in 3rd term examination due to late fees.
He said that AKES get a huge amount in shape of donation but even than they stopped 9 students from giving 3rd term examination as a result their precious times wasted. Hence 2 of them were allowed when they paid their fee and 7 were deprived from examination causing for disturbing their further education.
A student of 9th class Noorul Faryal said that she was stopped from participating in 3rd term examination due to nonpayment of fee at AKGHSS Korach even than AKES had not sent us any notice. As a result I was severely shocked and determined for suicide but my class fellows not allow me do so.
Sher Azam Khan, Sharif Khan, Akbar Khan, Gul Nadir, Zar Muhammad and other said that AKRSP have distributed some saw machines among the local people to enable them for gaining their livelihood but these machines were damaged within 3 months due to poor standard of its quality.
They said that AKRSP have donated goats among the people but due to non local and not familiar with cold environment most of them were died. They said that these relief good also not distributing among the deserving people on justice basis but giving to their near and dears they alleged.
They demanded from the provincial and federal government for conducting monitoring and check & balance of these nongovernmental organizations to bound them to render services to poor people equally. They said that AKES getting a huge amount in term of donation from donors but their fee is very high and a poor man cannot afford them.
They demanded for conducting inquiry in this regard and check & balance of these funds of donation must be arranged for its equally distribution. A large number of people from Yarkhun valley including girl student were present during the press conference..