Lower Dir Council members stage walkout

TIMERGARA: The treasury and opposition members of the district council, Lower Dir, on Tuesday staged a walk out against the government’s failure to devolve power at the grassroots level.

The council’s session was held with district naib nazim Abdul Rashid in the chair. Addressing the session treasury and opposition members Maulana Imran, Shad Nawaz Khan, Alam Zeb, Fazal Qadir, Barkat Khan, Asif Aziz and Engr Mukhtiar Khan alleged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was not sincere to transfer powers at grassroots level.

The council demanded the Lower Dir administration to ensure presence of district heads of all government departments during its proceedings. The district councillors also expressed anger and dissatisfaction over the performance of Pesco, education and social welfare departments.