CHARSADDA: A lady health worker has appealed to the Chief of Army Staff and the prime minister to take action against armed men who set her house on fire in Prang Ghar area of Mohmand Agency.
Talking to reporters here on Sunday, Qimat Zari said that her family had purchased a four-kanal plot from her relatives Murad and Abbas and had paid Rs 55,000 in advance. She alleged that the influential people of the area including Ashraf, Badar Zaman, Zahir Shah and others were against the transaction. They submitted an application to the political administration and allegedly paid bribe to a political tehsildar who imposed a fine of Rs 200,000 on the family. Her family paid the fine but the official did not give any receipt to the family, she said, adding, that her family had submitted an appeal at the FATA Tribunal, which would decide the case on December 18. She alleged that around 300 armed men stormed her home on September 6. She claimed that her family was evicted from the home and the armed men set the house on fire and all the valuables were reduced to ashes.
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