CHITRAL: Lower Chitral deputy commissioner Mohammad Imran Khan convened an open kutchery in the border village of Arandu on Wednesday to listen to people’s problems and issue directives for their resolution.

The issues mostly related to the education, health, communication and works, public health engineering, food, agriculture and forest departments. The district heads of these departments were present on the occasion.

DC Imran promised the local residents to take up the issues, which were beyond the purview of his authority, with the quarters concerned to get them solved within the shortest possible time.

Later, accompanied by acting district police officer Mohammad Sattar Khan and other officers, the deputy commissioner visited the rural health centre after the residents complained about shortage of facilities and drugs there.

He asked the district health officer to submit him as report within a week regarding the complaints of locals.

Published in Dawn, February 29th, 2024