KOHAT: PML-N provincial joint secretary and district councillor Mian Shah Raza has criticised successive governments for sanctioning schools and health facilities on political basis in areas where they were not needed.

Talking to this correspondent, Mr Raza said that thousands of inhabitants of areas astride the tribal areas had to travel to Kohat city for treatment due to unavailability of basic health units in their localities.

He claimed that the governments had been constructing and upgrading schools without providing them any staff. He said that in some schools the number of students was less than 20.

`A girls school constructed in 1905 in Ustarzai Bala is still being run in a rented building and despite its upgradation to secondaryleveltherequiredstaffhasnotbeenprovided toit.

A boys high school constructed two years ago in Ustarzai Payan has not been provided with staff as yet,` he claimed.

The PML-N activist said that the absence of seven subject specialist teachers at the government boys higher secondary school, Ustarzai, had been hampering the preparation of students for the upcoming board examinations.

Meanwhile, the executive education officer (female), Rizwani Liaquat, said in a statement on Tuesday that the posts of subject specialists had been advertised, but only two candidates appeared for interview and both failed.

Reacting to media reports about staff shortage, she said that the provincial government was doing its best to overcome the shortage of teaching staf f at the educational institutions.

`We have again advertised the posts and these would be filled soon,` she said.

POLICE ACTION: The district police officer has said that people will soon see a visible improvement in the law and ordersituation,asactionis beingtaken againstdrugpushers and criminals.

Speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday, DPO Javed Iqbal said that he had issued warning to the SHOs for taking stern action against drug peddlers, extortionists and operatives of gambling dens.

Meanwhile, police arrested 15 drug peddlers in various areas here and recovered 22 kilogrammes of hashish from them. According to a statement, cases have been registered against the arrested persons.