Watan Cards: Staff asking commission from poor villagers

Staff demands a commission of Rs500 to Rs1,000.

BADIN:

The government has set up eleven centres for the distribution of Watan Cards in five tehsils of Badin district.

Six centres began working on Monday but the staff demanded a commission of Rs500 to Rs1,000.

At least 270,000 people are believed to have been affected by flash floods in Badin district alone.

Social activists Fayaz Abro, Ram Kolhi, Suleman Soomro, Sawan Khaskheli and others demanded that the government help the poor get rid of the commission agents and start awareness programmes to guide the villagers and keep a check on the officials at the centres. The centres which began working earlier were inaugurated by National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 28^th, 2011.