NOWSHERA: A local leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
(PTI) on Monday said that some influential government representatives from
Mardan were in bid to grab the fertile lands from the residents of several
villages in the Nowshera district on throw-away prices to resell it for the
so-called mega city project.
Speaking at a meeting of the villagers belonging to the Misri
Banda, Maira Misri Banda, Nandrako and Pir Sabaq village, PTI leader Siraj
Muhammad Khan said the mega city project in Mughalkai area was unacceptable to
the residents.
He said the livelihood of the villagers depended on
agriculture, and they would not let the public representative and his father to
grab their source of livelihood.He flayed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government
after accusing it of massive corruption and deliberately scrapping the China
Economic Zone project in Nowshera. He alleged that the leaders of the Pakhtuns
sold the project to Punjab.
He added the project could have generated investment, jobs
and revenue for the government, but the Awami National Party-led government was
not interested in the development of the region.
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