Title Pakistan Forest Digest Issue 01- A4 - Pakistan Research Group

SDPISustainable Development Policy Institutepolitical administration has startedinvestigating the incident.Meanwhile, heavy rains havedestroyed standing crops in Khartehsil. Three children died due toheavy rain. People of Khar havedemanded that the governmentshould declare Bajaur Agency acalamity-hit area andloans should be writtenoff.Mansehra: Forest guide injures labourer with an axeReport filed in Khaki police station, accused flees the areaDaily Shamal Abbottabad, May 23, 2010Mansehra (Staff Reporter) Forestguide attacked a labourer with anaxe and smashed his teeth. A casehas been registered against theaccused. The alleged attacker fledthe area. According to the reportregistered in Khaki police stationGul Nawaz resident of Tatar Balawas attacked by forest guideDilbar Shah when Nawaz wascollecting wood from the forest.Dir forest association meets; demands facilitiesDaily Mashriq Peshawar, June 28, 2010Khal (Mashriq Correspondent) DirForest Association held itsmeeting. The meeting was chairedby Nisar Ahmed. A large numberof employees of the forestdepartment attended the meeting.The participants expressed fullconfidence in the leadership ofprovincial president HajiMohammad Zeb and lauded hisefforts which resulted in the upgradation of the employees. Aresolution was passed in themeeting demanding that thegovernment should give scales andother benefits to the employees offorest department in KhyberPakhtunkhwa like the scales andbenefits given to the employees inPunjab.Pakistan Forest Digest Vol. 1, No. 1, April – June, 2010