Demolished houses in Khyber ‘to be rebuilt’

Minister promises a drug rehab hospital for district

PESHAWAR:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Caretaker Minister for Excise and Narcotics Control, Manzoor Khan Afridi has said the government was trying its level best to alleviate poverty and accelerate the pace of development in tribal districts of the province as it was a top priority.

He paid rich tributes to tribal people for their great sacrifices for the development, security and integrity of Pakistan and assured them that their days of poverty and backwardness would soon come to an end.

Afridi said that the attitude of neglect and excesses done to tribesmen in the past was being rectified and redressed, while the losses during operations would also be compensated gradually.

The caretaker minister was addressing the Eid milan gathering of tribal elders in Bara, Khyber district.

Former senator Muhammad Shah Afridi and other tribal leaders appreciated the caretaker government’s initiatives for the development of the merged districts including Khyber and assured their full support in the implementation of government’s policies.

Manzoor Afridi said that all the demolished houses and buildings would be reconstructed for which comprehensive plan has been chalked out.

He admitted that like other parts of the province, the people of Khyber and other merged districts are also facing the evil of drug addiction, which has become a challenge for the survival of our young generation.