LOWER DIR: Activists of Jamaat-i-Islami and other opposition parties on Sunday demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to cancel results of the written test held for recruitment in the Timergara Medical College (TMC) through the Hiring Testing Service (HTS).

The demand was made during a meeting of local youth organised by JI youth wing at the Timergara Rest House.

The meeting was addressed by JI youth wing president Ateequr Rehman, PPP district information secretary Alam Zeb, PML-N`s Akhunzada Saeedullah, Dir Qaumi Pasoon`s Shah Naseem and others.

The speakers raised questions on the HTS results for recruitment for posts of different cadres at TMC. They said a total of 177 posts had been ñlled in violation of merit. They alleged that majority of the candidates were either close relatives of a local MPA or workers of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf.

They demanded of the chief minister to order cancellation of HTS test results and holding of fresh tests through the provincial Public Service Commission or National Testing Service.

When contacted, CM`s special assistant on prisons MPA Shafiullah Khan said he had nothing to do with the recruitment in TMC. He claimed that his political opponents were trying to malign him.

BOARDS` MERGER OPPOSED: Private Education Network (Pen) on Sunday rejected the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government`s plan to merge all educational boards under a single set-up and demanded withdrawal of any such decision.

Talking to mediapersons in Timergara, Pen tehsil president Qazi Lateefullah said the students and teachers of Dir, Malakand and Bajaur would never accept the decision regarding merger of educational boards.

He said the boards` employees had already rejected the government`s plan regarding centralisation of the boards. He said the students of far-flung districts would suffer if the boards were merged with the BISE Peshawar.

UNITY STRESSED: Jamaat-i-Islami central general secretary Ameerul Azeem has said the nation should unite for extending assistance to the flood victims. He was addressing the monthly congregation of JI, Lower Dir, the other day.