FAISALABAD – Dozens of women recipients of government aid under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) gathered outside Kanjwani Post Office Samundary to protest against the embezzlement of funds by the post office staff.
Reportedly, they said that they had been coming to the post office daily for many days but the authorities were turning them away on lame excuses to force them to offer bribes to get their money. They added that the post office staff had started deducting Rs 1,000 from each case.
The notables from the area including Muhammad Nawaz Jandaran, Muhammad Ali Baloch, Muhammad Haneef Jandaran and Muhammad Hussain, also condemned the plunder of the post office workers who were cheating the widows and disabled men and women registered under the scheme. They threatened that if a severe disciplinary action was not taken against the corrupt workers, the protest might turn violent.
They appealed to the government to ensure the smooth transfer of money to the recipients. The victims, including Parveen Bibi, Shameem Bibi, Mumtaz Bibi, Bakhat Bhari and Haleema Bibi, alleged that the post office staff hurt their feeling as they were always treating them as beggars.
In another similar incident, the police were called to disperse a large crowd of women who blocked Jarranwala Road to protest against the pilferage of BISP funds. These women said Rs 2,000 were being deducted from their money by the local organisers of the scheme.
MAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING BROTHER’S WIFE: Mansoorabad police arrested a man for killing his elder brother’s wife after she rejected his sexual advances. Reportedly, the deceased Razia, a resident of Shahbaz Colony Multan Road Lahore, was married to Nadeem, a resident of Mansoorabad.
It is further reported that Nadeem’s younger brother Naeem wanted to have sexual relations with the victim Razia but she not only rejected his advances but also informed other family members about his ill intentions. A few days later, she was strangled to death at their house in Mansoorabad.
The police arrested her husband and father-in-law over suspicions and they disclosed the name of the accused Naeem as a suspect during the course of interrogation. The police arrested the accused Naeem who confessed the crime.
RICKSHAW DRIVER RAPES woman: Madina Town police are hunting for a rickshaw driver and a private school watchman who gang-raped a female worker at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Faisalabad.
Reportedly, the victim boarded a rickshaw to go home after performing her duty. Rickshaw driver Shamshad Ahmed, instead of taking her home, took her to a private school in Madina Town area where both of them gang-raped her for several hours.
Recipients of BISP aid protest against post office staff
