SWABI: Provincial education minister Shahram Khan Tarakai has said that Ehsaas Programme and other welfare schemes such as Kisan Card and Health Card would benefit the deserving needy people in every union council of the district irrespective of their political affiliations.

Addressing party workers here on Friday, he said that Kisan Card, Ration Card, Health Card and Ehsaas Programme had been launched by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in the country,including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The minister asked the farmers to use modern agricultural methods to improve their earnings. He asked the district administration to prepare an assessment report of the damage caused by hailstones recently in the district in the light of which the government would provide financial assistance to the affected growers.

He said every grower would get Rs5,000 in case of calamity and Rs900 in cash for agricultural spray through Kisan Card.

Mr Tarakai said the government would appoint one agriculture officer and field assistant in each of the four union councils to assist the farmers. He said canals would be paved to prevent wastage of irrigation water. He said that 25,000 more teachers would also be recruited in the coming months.

CAR, BIKE RECOVERED: Police here have recovered a stolen car and motorcycle besides seizing hashish and arrested several suspects.

According to a statement issued by the DPO office, Tordherpolice SHO during various operations recovered a stolen motorcycle, over three kilogrammes of hashish and two pistols and arrested four suspects.

Also in the day, Swabi police SHO Altaf Khan, during an operation, arrested a suspect who had snatched a car from one Naveed Irfan, a resident of Utla. The police said they had recovered the car.

Meanwhile, a jirga settled a dispute over route in Utla village where members of the two sides embraced each other.

Abdul Razzaq, Mukhtiar and Malik Hayat, residents of Utla, were having a dispute with Mohammad Fahimover the route, which was settled amicably.

Published in Dawn, March 26th, 2022