TIMERGARA: Class-IV employees in Lower Dir on Sunday threatened to launch an agitation campaign if the government failed to increase their salaries by May 15.

The warning was voiced by the employees during a meeting at Balambat chaired by of the all class-IV government employees association`s district president Dost Mohammad.

While speaking on the occasion, Dost Mohammad and others said that class four employees played critical role in running government affairs, but the successive governments had made no efforts to increase their salaries.

The participants said they were unable to afford domestic expenditures. `We will re-main silent over the way the government is treating us,` said Dost Mohammad.

The association`s district president demanded setting aside 33 per cent quota for class-IV employees in promotion, right to pension and appointment of employees having requisite education as PST, CT, DM teachers.

They also announced to participate in the May 15 rally of class four employees at Peshawar to pressure the government for acceptance of their demands.

APPOINTMENTS: The district education officer Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim told journalists on Sunday that appointment orders of dozens of male and female teachers had been issued.

He said that appointment PST, CT, AT, TT and Qari teachers had been made on meritas the candidates had to pass NTS test and interview.

Mr Ibrahim said that appointments against the posts of drawing master had been delayed because some candidates had got a stay order from court. He said appointment orders of SSTs would also be issued soon.

The DEO said the appointments had been made on one year contract as per the policy of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.

FREE MEDICAL CAMP: The Falah-iInsaniat Foundation, a welfare organisation of Jamat-ud-Dawa, Lower Dir chapter on Sunday set up a free medical camp at Munda Jandol.

According to a press release, male and female doctors examined about 700 patients, including women, children and elders, andprovided them with free medicines.

Laboratory tests of 200 patients were also conducted.

The JuD district chief Abu Haroon said the organisation had been active in conflict hit areas to provide poor people with free medical treatment.

SCHOOL SOUGHT: Residents of Dargal village in Maidan have demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to upgrade the lone primary school to middle level so poor children could get education near their homes.

In a statement, the elders said the village with more than 5,000 population had only one government primary school.

They said the students, including girls, had to quit education after passing the 5th grade.