JHELUM VALLEY: (Parliament Times) The AJK Chief Secretary Mathar Niaz Rana visited different areas at Line of Control in Jhelum Valley on Tuesday.
Addressing a Khhuli Kachehri he admitted that people living at LoC had been rendering sacrifices side by side the armed forces of the country. We had been sleeping peacefully just because of their sacrifices, he acknowledged. He assured people that their problems would be resolved on priority.
The CS told the people living at LoC that their compensations would be complete by the end of the June. Despite financial difficulties federal government gave 12.6 percent more development funds during the current fiscal year which helped state government to give an additional package of 3 billion for the affected people of LoC, he added.
He said people would get better facilities of education, health, water and road infrastructure adding that safety bunkers would be constructed on priority basis for people living at LoC. People of these areas are being included on priority in Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and health card programme, he stated. The chief secretary said he realizes the problems being faced by the people at LoC. He assured them that when he visits there, next time, he would have solution of their problems.
Rana during his visit examined various educational institutions and basic health centers in Jhelum Valley.
Commissioner Muzaffarabad Chaudhry Imtiaz, director general Information Raja Azhar Iqbal, deputy commissioner Jhelum Valley Raja Imran Shaheen, and administrator district council Fareed Khan and other district officers were present on the occasion.