Earthquake victims held protest rally and sit in at Drosh.
By: Gul Hamaad Farooqi
CHITRAL: Hundred of affected people of Earthquake Drosh area held protest rally against the district administration and in favor of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. These affected people are still waiting for relief cheques but they were still not issued. The rally was started from zero point Drosh passing in front of civil court, main bazaar and ended at main square of Drosh where it converted in a public meeting cum sit in. The protest Rally was leading by Qari Nizamuddin, Abdul Bari, Salahuddin Toofan and other elites of the area.
They were in the opinion that Drosh was mostly affected by 26th Oct earthquake where 11 people died and hundreds of houses were damaged most of them were totally damaged and its residents are still living under open sky or in a tent without any shelter.
They said that most of damaged houses were still not visited by assessment team of district administration nor they issued cheques of financial support neither any other support. They were chanted slogan in favor of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif who visited Chitral twice by granting a huge amount for victims but the district administration not distributed it transparently and most of affected people were deprived from this relief package.
Addressing to the public meeting cum sit in the speakers lamented administration and some elected councilors and Nazimeens who supported some near and dears undue without any loss and issued more than two cheques in one family. But in the same village they totally ignored some poor people whose were damaged fully or partially.
Similarly most of affected people are busy in reconstructing of their houses on their own expenditure without government support by getting loan from their relative but some helpless victims are still living under open sky or in a simple tent in this severe cold weather.
They point out that a widow woman (wife of Bahadur Khan late) who living in Shamsabad her house was damaged and there is no male person in her house because there is no son of that widow except 3 daughters. She visited additional assistant commissioner and sub divisional police officer office so many times but she was still not issued any cheque. Hence SDPO Zafar Ahmad provided her some relief package on the request of this correspondent.
The speakers warned that if the district administration not issued cheques to affected people before snowfall they will be compelled to held long March to Islamabad where they will held sit in for their demand in front of PM secretariat. Those who spoke on the occasion where Qari Nizamuddin, Abdul Bari, Hassan Muhammad, Mukhtaram Shah, Samiullah, Salahuddin Tofan, Maulana Sardar Hussain etc.
A large number of affected people attended protest rally and participated in protest public meeting and agitation.
Gul Hamaad Farooqi C/O Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral Pakistan phone No (0092) 0943-320737, 0943-316052, 0943-414418 ,03205989602, 03025989602, 03337069572, 03159698446, 03469002167
email: gulhamad@gmail.com,ghfarooqi@rediffmail.com, gulhamaad786@yahoo.co.uk,ghfarooqi@rediffmail.com,gulhamadfarooqui@outlook.com
