TIMERGARA: The local chapter of Pakistan People’s Party has demanded of the National Accountability Bureau to probe embezzlement of funds in development projects in Lower Dir district.
Speaking at a news conference and addressing a protest demonstration in front of the Timergara Press Club, PPP Lower Dir president and former provincial minister Mehmood Zeb Khan, district secretary information Alam Zeb, Advocate Sahibullah and councillor Mohammad Khalil alleged that about Rs3 billion had been embezzled in development projects by works and services, irrigation, rural development departments and TMA Timergara.
The PPP leaders also accused finance minister Muzafar Said of shifting government girls higher secondary school, Salihgram, to Shatai Darra union council. They said the previous PPP government had approved construction of girls primary school, Tango Bagh, but the incumbent government excluded the project from its Annual Development Plan.
