Gilani urges relief for G-B flood victims
Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. PHOTO: AFP
Acting President Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that the situation arising from floods in Gilgit-Baltistan required continued attention and coordinated efforts and stressed that maximum relief must be ensured to the affected people.
He expressed these views while talking to Deputy Speaker Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, Malik Kifayatur Rehman, who called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr, along with former Forest Minister, Muhammad Imran Wakeel belonging to Tangir Valley in the Diamer and former Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) from Kohistan Abdul Sattar Khan, a Presidency's news release said.
Matters relating to the overall political situation in Gilgit-Baltistan also came under discussion. Abdul Sattar Khan said that the people of Kohistan were grateful to Mr Gilani for providing a Degree College in Dasu during his tenure as Prime Minister of Pakistan.
In a separate meeting, Justice (Retd) Irfan Qadir, Consultant Legal Affairs, apprised Mr Gilani of the decisions rendered in representations filed under Section 14 of the Federal Ombudsmen Institutional Reforms Act, 2013, against the orders of the five Ombudsmen of Pakistan at the federal level.