Month: November 2015

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: The Malakand people, whose houses were destroyed in the Oct 26 earthquake, have rejected the Rs0.2 million compensation and demanded that the government increase it in proportion to their losses. “My six-room house was completely pulled down by the earthquake but the government has announced Rs200,000 only for me. This amount is so meagre that only one room can be rebuilt with it,” Zafar Ali, a resident of Bakht Riwan Mohallah in Kabal, said. He said besides house, he’d also lost all household articles and therefore, the amount of compensation was too little for his...