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JI leader blames the government for failure of talks

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: Provincial amir of Jamaat-e-Isalmi Sirajul Haq has said that only the government is responsible for failure of talks in Swat and that American forces have set their eyes on Malakand region for which ground is being leveled by our rulers. Addressing a gathering of party workers here on Thursday, he said that Jamaat-e-Islami workers will foil any attempt of aggression by the American forces in its land. He said that instead of using force political negotiation must be employed in Swat and the tribal areas to bring about peace. He alleged that to appease the American bosses, the rulers are going to any extent at the very cost of the sovereignty of the country. He further alleged that countless innocent people have been handed over to America on false charges whose only mistake is their faith in Islam. He said that in the present age, Jamaat-e-Isalmi is the only party in the country to pose challenge to the American pressure and lead the nation out of the crisis. On this occasion, district amir Moulana Ghulam Mohammad, district nazim Maghfirat Shah, former MNA Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali and also spoke. Later on, the provincial amir addressed a reception to the elites of the city.
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Residents of Denin want lining of water channel

By our correspondent

CHITRAL: The residents of Denin village have demanded of the government to include the lining of their irrigation channel in the annual development programme of irrigation department which irrigates thousands of hectares of arid land but a large fraction of water goes waste due to seepage. In a press statement issued here on Wednesday, the social workers Abdul Qadir, Moulana Rashid Ahmed and others said that the people of the village have no capacity to undertake the work of widening and lining of the channel by themselves. They said that the thousands of acres of arid land will be made arable if the channel is widened and this will change the very fate of the poor people of the area.