PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker minister for excise and narcotics control, Manzoor Khan Afridi here Monday said the government was endeavouring to allievate poverty and accelerate pace of development in tribal areas. He paid rich tributes to tribal people for their great sacrifices for the development, security and integrity of Pakistan and assured that their days of poverty and backwardness would soon end. He said that the attitude of neglect and excesses done to tribals in the past was being rectified and redressed, while the losses during operations would also be compensated gradually. The caretaker minister was addressing the Eid milan gathering of tribal elders at his ancestral hujra in Alam Godar tehsil Bara in Khyber district. Former Senator, Muhammad Shah Afridi and other tribal leaders appreciated the caretaker government’s initiatives for the development of the merged districts including Khyber and assured their full support in implementation of the government’s policies. Manzoor Afridi said that all the denolished houses and buildings would be reconstructed for which comprehensive plan was chalked out. He admitted that like other parts of the province, the people of Khyber and other merged districts are also facing the evil of drugs addiction, which has become a challenge for the survival of our young generation. APP
