KARAK: The disgruntled workers of Pakistan Tehreeki-Insaf have demanded probe into the embezzlement of oil and gas royalty funds allegedly by the local lawmakers.

They made the call while speaking at a meeting here the other day chaired by PTI former district president Altaf Qadir Advocate.

The participants suggested that a provinciallevel committee should be constituted to launch mega projects in the district with the royalty funds.

They flayed the elected representatives of their own party and government officers for alleged misappropriation of royalty funds.

The meeting said the people of the resource-rich district were deprived of basic facilities of life as oil and gas funds were being wasted.

They also accused the lawmakers of receiving kickbacks and commissions in the development projects.

The workers of the ruling party alleged that the government institutions had been paralysed due to political interference, saying the ideological workers had no say in uplift projects. Correspondent