Jamaat-i-Islami’s Darband tehsil chapter has accused the government of subjecting the poor people, particularly women, to humiliation and disgrace at the flour distribution points, and called for providing the commodity to the people across the country at subsidised rates.
“Women are disgraced as they are forced to stand in long queues for hours before being able to get a 10-kilogram flour bag,” deplored Salauddin Gohar, the JI tehsil emir, while addressing a presser.
Flanked by other office-bearers, he said if the government continued to ‘disgrace’ the women, the JI workers would come onto the roads.
“The government is not sincere in providing relief to deserving families as it has already increased the price of a 40kg wheat flour bag to Rs6,000 from Rs5,200,” Mr Gohar said. He said the government should instead check inflation.
JI tehsil naib emir Ijaz Ahmad also denounced the government for ‘forcing’ people to beg for flour at the distribution points. “The government should announce such measures, which could significantly cut perks of ministers and bureaucrats and provide relief to the teeming millions in prices of food items,” he said.
PROBE: Police on Sunday launched an investigation into the mysterious death of a woman as her husband claimed she committed suicide by shooting herself with a pistol.
“The autopsy of the woman’s body has been carried out to determine whether she was killed or committed suicide,” SHO Oghi police station Liaqat Shah told reporters. He said the autopsy report was awaited.
The incident occurred in Bajna area of Oghi on Saturday night. Locals had informed the police about hearing a gunshot inside a house, which led to the death of Faiza Bibi, Mr Shah said, adding they had shifted the body to the Civil Hospital, Oghi, for autopsy.
Waseem Ahmad, the woman’s husband, had told the police she committed suicide inside her house.
“We have started an investigation after lodging the FIR. However, the medico-legal report will help us determine the exact cause of her death,” SHO Mr Shah said.
Meanwhile, the Counter-Terrorism Department on Sunday arrested four Afghan nationals during a crackdown in Oghi and its suburbs.
Those arrested were identified as Mohammad Yusuf, Mohammad Safeer, Mohammad Nabi and Abdul Qadeer.