By: Alaf Khan Sherpaw
CHARSADDA: Charsadda police have lodged an FIR against the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) executive engineer for removing the meter and threatening a consumer in the limits of the City police station in Charsadda on Thursday.
According to the police, the first information report (FIR) has been lodged against the Pesco executive engineer on the complaint of a consumer, Qaisar Mehmood, who claimed that the Executive engineer removed his power meter and threatened him.
Complainant also claimed in the FIR that the executive engineer had become personal with him and was unjustly conducting raids on his house and imposing fines on him.
The FIR has been registered at the city police station, and it is said to be the first-ever FIR of its kind lodged against such a senior officer of the Pesco in Charsadda.
Local journalists and civil society have termed the move a positive step towards the rule of law in the district and said they would not tolerate the misuse of power against any respectable citizen.
Private person found running PESCO grid station in Shangla
A Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) grid station in Besham city was found to be operating under the control of a private individual during a surprise inspection conducted by the Assistant Commissioner following a public complaint here on Wednesday.
According to the statement issued by the AC office, the visit of AC Noor Muhammad has revealed that no government official posted at the grid station was present on duty. Instead, the sensitive operations of the facility had been handed over to an untrained and unrelated private person, a development described by officials as highly alarming.
It was further disclosed that the designated person in charge of the grid station had not reported for duty despite having formally taken charge. Taking serious notice of the situation, the Assistant Commissioner ordered immediate departmental action against those responsible for the irregularities and lapses.
The AC on the occasion warned the Pesco local team to avoid risking the sensitive place from where the entire tehsil electricity is being supplied.
