LOWER DIR: Getting a Computerised National Identity Card has become an uphill task for the residents of the district owing to shortage of staff and counters in the local offices of National Database and Registration Authority.

There are seven Nadra offices with 24 technical staffers in the district. Long queues of people can be seen outside each Nadra office to get their CNIC and Form-B for school going children.

Nadra Assistant Director Mohammad Arshad told journalists that they issued 1,500 tokens daily. He said that the Timergara office was visited by 5000 applicants daily to get CNIC and Form-B.

The applicants complained that the Nadra offices were short of staff and counters. They demanded of the government to take immediate steps to address the shortage of staff in the Nadra offices and set up more counters for the convenience of the applicants.

PTI: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Shafiullah has said that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf will come to power again after the 2023 general elections.

He was addressing a function of Insaf Youth Wing in Timergara as chief guest here on Monday.

The gathering was also addressed by MPA Azam Khan, PTI youth wing central leaders Kashif Kamal, Rahat Farooqi, Malik Fawad and others.

MPA Shafiullah said that youth were the forefront soldiers of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He said that development funds were being distributed equally in his constituency with consultation of party workers.

He said that PTI wanted to bring sustainable change while opposition parties were doing only politics with the people. He said that PDM was struggling to end NAB cases against its leaders. He said that PTI would sweep the local government elections in the district.

Meanwhile, PTI lawmakers Malik Shafiullah and Azam Khan reached the meeting wherein Insaf Youth workers in Maidan and MPA Malik Liaquat exchanged harsh words and the situation turned tense, according to sources.

They said that the lawmakers handled the situation and the workers sought apology for their behaviour. A ten-member committee headed by Kashif Kamal was formed to resolve differences between the MPA and Maidan workers.

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2021