CHITRAL, March 22: A woman councillor has alleged that the district naib nazim and a councillor had taken away sewing machines and other equipment from a vocational training centre. Speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday, councillor Zuliakha alleged that district naib nazim Sultan Shah and councillor Rehmat Shah broke into the vocational centre and took away six sewing machines, 36 suits, six tables and others equipment. She said that the centre was established at a cost of Rs70,000 to provide vocational training to women.

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