Khyber district, administrative action against timber mafia, officials involved suspended
Administration of Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while taking action at Bagyari forest check post, seized a large amount of timber and suspended the officials involved.
The Assistant Commissioner has taken notice of the negligence and failure of Khyber Forest Division staff to stop the smuggling of timber and has sealed two godowns full of illegal timber from Tirah Valley.
In this regard, Deputy Commissioner Khyber has suspended seven officials for 120 days using their powers under Rules 6 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government employees for negligence.
Apart from this, a fact-finding committee consisting of two officers has also been constituted for further investigation of the matter, which will submit its report in two weeks.