Still rattled: PHC asks for report on ‘killer’ rats
Additional advocate general requested more time to reply
Armed with a hoe, wheelbarrow and plastic gloves and accompanied by his three young daughters, Naseer Ahmad is waging a dogged battle against the rats of Peshawar - and says he's killed more than 100,000 in the past 18 month. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR:
A division bench of the Peshawar High Court directed authorities on Tuesday to file a complete report on the increasing number of rats in the provincial capital.
Additional Advocate General Umer Farooq Adam, while arguing on a writ petition before the bench of Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Roohul Amin, requested more time to reply. The bench accepted the plea and ordered the health director general, municipal services, Peshawar deputy commissioner and health secretary to submit their reply by April 28.
‘Killer’ rats rattle rural Peshawar
A petition was filed by Saifullah Mohib Kakakhel in which he said several people had been injured after being bitten by giant rats. The petition claimed people had lost their lives due to these bites and the number was increasing with each passing day, but no action had been taken by authorities.
His petition maintained these incidents could lead to the outbreak of a fatal disease in the city and requested responsibility be fixed after an eight-month-old child was bitten and died as a result.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2016.
A division bench of the Peshawar High Court directed authorities on Tuesday to file a complete report on the increasing number of rats in the provincial capital.
Additional Advocate General Umer Farooq Adam, while arguing on a writ petition before the bench of Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Roohul Amin, requested more time to reply. The bench accepted the plea and ordered the health director general, municipal services, Peshawar deputy commissioner and health secretary to submit their reply by April 28.
‘Killer’ rats rattle rural Peshawar
A petition was filed by Saifullah Mohib Kakakhel in which he said several people had been injured after being bitten by giant rats. The petition claimed people had lost their lives due to these bites and the number was increasing with each passing day, but no action had been taken by authorities.
His petition maintained these incidents could lead to the outbreak of a fatal disease in the city and requested responsibility be fixed after an eight-month-old child was bitten and died as a result.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2016.