Excelsior Correspondent
NOWSHERA, Mar 25: Government offices in Nowshera will re-open tomorrow after 40 days as the Joint Action Committee today decided to exempt the offices from purview of the ongoing indefinite strike for district status to Nowshera, which will continue.
A decision in this regard was taken after a meeting of the Joint Action Committee, a conglomerate of various organizations and the Beopar Mandal, which has been spearheading the ongoing agitation for district status to Nowshera.
Even as some participants of the meet stressed that there should be no relaxation and the ongoing strike be continued till a logical conclusion, PDP MLC Surinder Choudhary, who also took part in the meeting, persuaded that the continuation of bandh was only adding miseries to the locals.
After various rounds of talks and discussion, the Joint Acton Committee finally decided to continue the ongoing bandh but agreed to exempt the Government offices from purview of the strike from tomorrow.
The meeting was chaired by Jagdish Chander Sawhney, members of the JAC and convener of Sanatan Dharam Sabha, Nowshera. Members of the JAC, civil society and representatives of different organizations took part in the meeting.
Earlier, a large number of locals and members of JAC took out a protest march in the town reiterating their demand for district status to Nowshera. People assembled at Patel Chowk and marched towards Bus Stand in the form of a procession. The protesting people were raising slogans against the State Government and in support of their demand.
At Bus Stand, more people, including MLC Surinder Choudhary, joined the procession and sought to address the gathering. However, a section of protesters registered their objection against presence of the MLC and also raised slogans of `go back’.
After the procession culminated again at Patel Chowk, Surinder Choudhary managed to pacify the agitating people and sought to convenience that time should be given to the Government for consideration of their demand.
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