BAJAUR: Local Government representatives including Mayor, chairmen, general members, youth, minorities and women councilors on Monday staged a protest in front of Bajaur Press Club against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. The speakers said that the government should restore the Local Government Act of 2019 in its original form, withdraw the amendments made in the act along with ROPs that crippled the local government system, restoration of 30 percent ADP, payment of two-year outstanding, restoration DDAC committees and handing over of development schemes to LG representatives. They also demanded an end to undue delay to release of budget for the local governments and empowering the chairmen as per the act and award of honorarium for minorities, youth, female and farmer seats in Tehsil and City councils. They warned that if the demands would not be met they would extend the protest to the provincial capital. APP
