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Ashriat people demand for civic amenities.

 

CHITRAL: Ashriat is gateway of Chitral while entering in scenic

valley. The valley surrounding high and rich forest from four sides

there are so many fountain of milky water in mountains but 5000

population of Ashirat are totally deprived from potable drinking

water. There is no facility of modern era in the whole valley. A basic

Health Unit (BHU) existing there but it also running without any

Doctor and only a non local midwife and medical Technician are

treating of thousands of people. Although these BHU have been handed

over to Peoples Primary Health Initiative Program (Formerly President

Primary Health Initiative program which had launched by the then

president Parvez Mushraf) but mostly of these BHU are deprived from

Doctor. Qazi Sharif Ahmad a prominent social worker of the area told

this scribe that although this is a gateway of Chitral and when any

VIP visiting Chitral he pass through this valley and we time and again

request them for uplifting this valley but nothing have been done

until now. He said that there is no Doctor (male or female) in the

whole valley and in case of emergency we shift our patients to Drosh

or Chitral hospital but some time our patients or injured persons

expire on their way before reaching to hospital due to dilapidated

condition of road. He said that this is main Peshawar Chitral road but

have big ditches in its middle. As well as there is no parapet and

protection wall on road side towards the river.

 

Its only veterinary dispensary also deprived from all basic facilities

neither there is any medicine nor any other facilities for cattle of

these people who mostly depend upon their cattle and farming. A large

number of people are compelled to travel outside the valley to gain

their livelihood because there is no job opportunity for the youth of

Ashriat. After winding up machinery and other material of a foreign

construction company who were working on Lawari tunnel and the work

has been suspended for the last two years due to no fund and Korean

company shifted their machinery to some other place and that is why a

large number of our youth were jobless Qazi Sharif added. He said that

although the valley have rich forest but we people were not benefited

as return by taking our timber. Our women are compelled to bring

drinking water in pitches from a long distance on their heads he

disclosed.

 

There is only one government high school for boys only but nothing for

girls except primary one and that is why our young girls are setting

in boys high school to get their education under co-education system

despite the conservative mind of people Qazi Shafiuddin Head master of

Govt. High School Ashriat said that hundred of students are reading

here and mostly our students comprising over girls because there is no

separate school for girls. He said that there is no Science laboratory

nor library for students of science classes. A student of class 10th

Miss Zaibun Nisa told this scribe that she want to become a Doctor but

there is no facility to continue our science education nor there is

any science laboratory so how we can fulfill our dream in present

situation it is not seem to become a Nurse. Besides it hundred of

girls students coming to boys school from more than 15 kilometers and

mostly they travelling by feet because there is no school Bus for

them. Sher Habib Jan advocate told that although we dislike to send

our daughters to boys school but there is no other option except this.

He said that people of the area suffering from numerous problems but

unfortunately our elected representatives never visit the area to

listen our problems. Social and political circle of the area have

demanded from Federal as well as Provincial government to provide them

basic facilities and civic amenities because they are also loyal

Pakistani and having the right to entertain all basic facilities of

modern era.

 

G.H. Farooqi PO Box NO. 50 GPO Chitral Pakistan OR Bank Islami Main

Branch Chitral

telephone NO. 0092 3025989602, 03337069572, 03159698446, 03469002167,

0943-3207373, 316052, 414418

email: ghfarooqi786@gmail.com

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