KHYBER
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Landi Kotal chapter demanded of the Federal and provincial governments to compensate the flood affected persons in Landi Kotal like Swabi, Bajaur and Swat.
Addressing to a press conference in District Press Club, Landi Kotal on Sunday Tehsil Ameer of JI Murad Hussain Afridi flanked by General Secretary Aman Afridi and others said that like other parts of the country the flood destroyed number of houses and washed away valuables of tribesmen however the Federal and Provincial government hadw turned blind eyes towards them.
They said that the local welfare organizations extended possible necessary assistance to the flood affectees but no visible help from the government had been announced for them.
Instead of conducting a fair survey, the administration asked the rain affectees to deposit applications in the Assistance Commissioner pertaining their loss that could deprive the deserving ones of the government financial support, they opined.
They also urged the authorities concerned to formulate law to ban constructions on spillways in Khyber to avoid life and property losses.
The JI volunteers threatened that if the government ignored the flood affected tribesmen in Landi Kotal like it didi previously then they along with the affectees would move to the roads for indefinite agitation against it.
