Jowzjan Provincial Council Elections

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): The prosecutor for northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday alleged gunmen of Provincial Council (PC) members had beaten him. He closed the department to protest the attack.
Prosecutor General Hafizullah Khaliqyar said some provincial council members and more than 10 gunmen forced their way into his office and demanded their “illegal demands” be met.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A security meeting on Tuesday observed that northern Jawzjan province was struggling with shortage of military gear and personnel.
The meeting between a delegation of the Interior Ministry and local officials took place in Shiberghan, the provincial capital.
Lotfullah Azizi, Jawzjan governor, after briefing the delegation about the law and order situation in his province, suggested that it was necessary to establish another military corps in the presence of the 209th Shaheen Military Corps in the north.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Expressing satisfaction with the improved law and order situation in northern Jawzjan province, the provincial council head on Tuesday said the way had been paved for implementation of welfare projects.
Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Maulvi Abdul Hai Hayat said the projects in the past 14 years despite better security have not been implemented in a way people expected.
He said there were no asphalted roads in ten districts and residents grappled with a lot of challenges.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Members of provincial council in northwestern Jawzjan province claimed settling a large number of problems particularly addressing tribal disputes but some were not satisfied with their performance.
Results of the provincial council election of April 5 elections were announced in November 2014. After the provincial councils’ ballot result, the parliament decided to limit the right of provincial council with regard of evaluation of local departments’ performance.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Police in northwestern Jawzjan province recovered 250 kilograms of opium from the residence of an individual with links to Taliban, an official said on Wednesday.
Police Chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Pajhwok Afghan News the illicit substance was concealed in plastic bags in the house of Mohammad Nabi.
Nabi said: “The opium were transferred to my house by Maulvi Syed Mohammad, a Taliban commander in Dasht-i-Laili, and said to keep drug in the house until his last order.”

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A worker of a road construction company was killed and seven others wounded in an armed attack by unidentified gunmen in Jawzjan province on Tuesday, an official said.
Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani told Pajhwok Afghan News the workers visited the area to initiate work on the road when they came under gunmen attack on Shiberghan-Qoshtapa highway in the morning.
The seven persons wounded in the assault were shifted to hospital for treatment, he said, adding that an investigation was launched to nab the perpetrators.

SHIBERGHAN/KUNDUZ/MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A majority of the newly-elected provincial council members in Jawzjan, Kunduz and Faryab provinces are youth.

In the 2009 provincial elections, only four youth found their way to the Jawzjan council out of nine members, but the number of youth on the body increased to 12 out of 15 members in the April 5 elections. The youth were among 58 others jumping into the fray.

A newly-elected provincial council member, Ikramuddin Farjad, told Pajhwok Afghan News he would serve the people using his experience and education.