HAFIZABAD
The Rs70 million project of Centre of Excellence for Girls, started about 30 months back, has not yet been completed and the contractor has disappeared, leaving project incomplete. Due to the inordinate delay the building presented a deserted look and has become a safe haven for the addicts.
It is interesting that though the project has not been completed yet MNA Saira Afzal Tarar had “inaugurated” the incomplete building before the dissolution of National Assembly about seven month back.
A team of local journalists and some senior citizens on Thursday visited the site and were disappointed to know that the project has been “abandoned” perhaps due to lack of interest by the public representatives/administration or otherwise.
Local Citizens Associations have called upon Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to order a probe for the delay in the completion of the project and fix responsibility of wastage of public funds.
UCS SECRETARIES PROTEST: The secretaries of Union Councils from across the district staged a demonstration in protest against the irresponsible attitude of employees of Nadra Office Hafizabad.
Led by UCs Secretaries Union District President Malik Rab Nawaz, the protestors raised slogans against the employees of Nadra for their humiliating attitude towards Secretaries and other staff of the union councils when they visit Nadra office. Malik Rab Nawaz said that the staff also misbehaved with the people who visit the office for the verification of computerized certificates.
He said that if the attitude of the staff remained irresponsible then they would stop issuing computerized birth and other certificates to the public.
18 charged with power pilferage: The Gepco team launched crackdown on electricity pilferers and registered cases against 18 electricity thieves on Thursday.
A team of Gepco led by SDOs Rana Muhammad Hanif, Abdul Faheem and Malik Tariq raided different places and caught red handed defeated candidate of PTI for PP-105 Malik Ali Abbas Awan, Ali Raza, Kamran, Ebadat Ali, Irfan, Hamid, Zafar Iqbal, Amir Farooq, Raza Hussain, Manzar Hussain, Adnan Yasir, Abu Bakar, Irshadullah, Mansha, Muhammad Azam, Ali Muhammad, Haji Bashir Ahmad and Zulfiqar Ahmad while stealing electricity. Cases have been registered against the accused.