Local govt representatives want govt officials punished

MANSEHRA: The Nazmeen Ittehad, an elected body of nazims of village and neighbourhood councils, on Monday asked the government to punish officials of Local Government Department who had failed to ensure release of current year’s budgetary allocation to village and neighbourhood councils.

“We want legal action against officials of Local Government Department as they are least interested in affairs of village and neighbourhood councils,” Mohammad Farid, the president of Nazmeen Ittehad told reporters after a meeting here.

The meeting was attended by nazims of almost 194 village and neighbourhood councils with Mohammad Farid in the chair.

The meeting decided to launch agitation if the budgetary allocations for the current year were not released.

Speaking on the occasion, Basharat Ali Swati, the general secretary of Nazmeen Ittehad, said the meeting also adopted a resolution seeking release of development and non-developmental allocations of budget.