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Chitral Peace Walk

Peace walk Held,

cutting of forest and DPO Chitral

criticized.

 

By: Gul Hamaad

Farooqi

 

CHITRAL: A peace

walk was held leading by leaders of different political parties and representatives of civil societies. The walk started from Chitral

Press club and ended at Polo ground gate where it converted in a public

meeting. Politicians, human rights activists and social workers. The activists

also chanted slogans against drug abuse and wanted for eradication of narcotics

from Chitral causing for misleading the young generation. Earlier that a large

number of politicians, human rights activist

demanded of the government to discourage the menace of drugs and illegal

cutting of forest trees to save the environment in a huge press conference.

 

Addressing a news

conference the leaders including Maulana

Abdul Shakoor General Secretary of JUI

Chitral chapter, Maulana Ghulam Muhammad Amir Jamat Islami Chitral, Muazam

Khan, former MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar, former Mastuj tehsil nazim Shahzada

Sikandarul Mulk, president of district bar association Ghulam Hazrat

Inqilabi, human rights activists Niaz A

Niazi advocate President of Legal Aid Forum for Human Rights Abdul Nasir and

other said that District Police Officer

badly failed to eradicate drugs and openly selling of narcotics at Chitral as a

result paramilitary forces of Chitral cracked down against drug abuse. They

said that cutting of forest also a great thread to Chitral because it causing

of natural calamity and disaster in case of flood. They said while expressing

their deep concerned that the ruthless cutting of trees is degenerating the

environment on one hand while on the other the issue of proliferation of drugs

is jeopardizing the youth folk.

 

They alleged that

the local police is abetting the drug pushers as a result of which the menace

has erupted the whole society and majority of young generation are drug

addicted. They also criticized the local

police for arresting and sending to jail the people of Ayun village who had

staged a peaceful protest against the cutting of the forests flanking the

Kalash valleys.

 

They recalled

that the village was devastated by mud flood as a result of deforestation in

the Kalash valleys and the residents of Ayun just wanted that such incident

should not happen in the future. They warned that the issues of drugs and

deforestation are posing threat to the peace of the area. They demanded from

the provincial government for posting out of DPO Chitral within 24 hours

otherwise they will be came on roads they warned. A

 

G.H. Farooqi C/O

Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral phone No 0943-320737, 0943-316052,

0943-414418 , 03025989602, 03337069572,

03159698446, 03469002167

 

email:

gulhamad@gmail.com

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