PESHAWAR
Provincial chairman, Qoumi Watan Party (QWP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao has demanded declaring the flood affected districts as calamity-hit area and announcement of financial assistance for the affectees. Addressing a press conference in his residence here on Monday, he said that recent floods and heavy rains have resulted in human and financial losses in various districts of the province and severely damaged standing crops, houses, link roads and orchards.
Criticizing the cold shoulder response of the provincial government, he said that neither chief minister nor provincial ministers have bothered to visit flood affected areas. He lamented that no step was made to collect details of either humans or financial losses.
He said that the peaceful protesting flood affectees have been tear gassed and lathi charged in D.I. Khan added that instead of providing assistance to the people, the provincial government is using force against them.
He also expressed concern over the incidents of target killings in different parts of the province, he said that the law and order situation is deteriorating with each passing day, but the government is reluctant to take any step to bring improvement in it.
On this occasion, a PTI affiliated Town Council member from Union Council Lala, Syed Khurram Shehzad Bacha announced joining QWP along with his family members and associates.
