Wardak Provincial Council Elections

MAIDAN CITY (Pajhwok): Provincial Council (PC) members in central Maidan Wardak province on Thursday discussed at length administrative, judicial and other provincial issues with the governor who pledged to extend all cooperation to resolve problem of the people.
Attaullah Khogyani, the governor spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Governor Hayatullah Hayat and other local officials attended the meeting held at the governor house.
PC head Ahmad Jaffari told the meeting that several issues were there at central and district levels which needed immediate solution.

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): At least 31 schoolgirls were poisoned in Marakazi Behsud district of central Maidan Wardak province but they were stated to be in stable condition, an official said Wednesday.
Governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in Baba Wali High School in Koh Biroon area of Markazi Behsod district on Tuesday afternoon.

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): A public representative on Thursday accused an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander of running a private jail and torturing people there in the Jalrez district of central Maidan Wardak province.
Sharifullah Hotak, a member of the provincial council, said the ALP commander, Karim, was involved in torturing local residents in his private jai, forcing many families to flee homes for other areas.

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): Construction work on 17-kilometer road of Chak district in central Maidan Wardak province has been started after four years delay, an official said Monday.
Attaullah Khogyani, acting governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the road connecting Kabul-Ghazni highway would be constructed in one year.
In addition, building a 500 meters embankment wall, 80 small and four big bridges were also included in the project, he said, adding the 17 kilometers road passes through Dasht-i-Top area.

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): At least five distance learning education centers have been made operational on Sunday in central Maidan wardak province, an official said.
Ahmed Shah, director education and information technology, told Pajhwok Afghan News the government inked an agreement to open 200 online computers centers. The online centers, he said would provide an opportunity to students of remote areas to be linked with capital Kabul to learn through internet.

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): A member of provincial council of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday urged the government to take immediate action to resolve a dispute between warring Hazara and Kochi (nomads) tribes.
Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the issue was thoroughly discussed in a joint meeting of provincial council members and with the acting governor of Maidan Wardak.

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): The Provincial Council (PC) member of central Maidan Wardak province Silai Wardak on Monday praised President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s decision to empower the provincial councils, which would help ensure good governance at local level.
Earlier, through a decree, President Ghani has granted provincial councils the right to oversee performance of local departments.

MAIDAN SHAHAR (Pajhwok): The provincial council members of central Maidan Wardak province could not appoint the administrative board due to absence of some council’s members, officials said Tuesday.
Dr. Niamatullah Wardak, director Independent Election Commission (IEC), told Pajhwok Afghan News that his department sent letters repeatedly directing the provincial council to appoint the administrative board but the council had to reach any decision.

MAIDAN SHAHR (Pajhwok): The provincial council of central Maidan Wardak also announced closing its office in protest against the Wolesi Jirga decision barring them from overseeing local departments, an official said on Sunday.
The lower house decided last week provincial councils did not reserve the right to supervise or evaluate the performance of local departments. A day earlier, 17 PCs closed their offices in protest.

MAIDAN SHAHAR (Pajhwok): The provincial council of central Maidan Wardak on Wednesday appointed an interim administration board following the continuous absence of some members, an official said.

Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Maidan Wardak provincial council had 15 members but only eight of them turn up regularly.

As a result of some members’ prolonged absence, eight of the public representatives on Tuesday held a meeting and appointed a temporary administrative board, he added.