LAKKI MARWAT: The district administration on Friday distributed relief items among the families hit by the Tuesday’s twin suicide blasts in Bannu.

On the directives of the provincial government, Bannu deputy commissioner Abdul Hameed Khan dispatched a team headed by additional deputy commissioner Aminullah Khan and assistant commissioner Allah Nawaz along with the consignment of relief items to the affected localities.

The district administration’s officials met with the families of the blasts’ victims and heard their problems. They distributed relief items, including tents, kitchen sets, mattresses, mats, sheets and other essential items among them.

On the occasion, the additional deputy commissioner expressed his sympathies with members of the bereaved families and said that the district administration was making efforts for their rehabilitation.

He said that the blast victims would be compensated soon in compliance with the directives of the provincial government.

DROWNS: A six-year-old boy drowned in a canal along the Charmari Road in Bannu on Friday.

A Rescue 1122 official said its divers retrieved the body from the Kachkot Canal in Ghari Shah Jehan area.

“The deceased was identified as Novyan Khan and his body was handed over to relatives after fulfilling formalities,” he said.

Meanwhile, owners of several brick kilns were fined for violating the minimum wage policy.

Lakki Marwat deputy commissioner Zeeshan Abdullah received complaints about non-implementation of minimum wage policy in the brick kilns, and tasked additional assistant commissioner Azmat Ali Afridi with checking the implementation of the relevant laws.

Mr Afridi paid surprise inspection visits to brick kilns in Khawjakhel and other areas. He also inspected the working environment and availability of facilities for labourers there.

The official came to know that the owners were not paying the government-notified minimum wage to their workers.

He fined the owners and warned them of stern legal action in case they continued violating the relevant laws.

The additional assistant commissioner also inspected Marwat lift and Khawjakhel canals and checked availability of water in them.

Published in Dawn, March 8th, 2025