AKF launches Sasti Roti scheme in Bajaur.

BAJAUR -- The Al-Khidmat Foundation (AKF) on Sunday launched sasti roti and sasta salan (cheaper bread and cooked food) scheme in Bajaur tribal district aimed at providing relief to the poor families in Ramazan.

The sasti roti scheme was launched in Khar, while the sasta salan initiative was launched in Inayat Kallay Bazaar, according to a statement issued by the foundation's press secretary.

Speaking at a ceremony held in Khar, Jamaat-i-Islami deputy chief Haji Sardar Khan, foundation's district president Sherzada Qasir and others said the sasti roti initiative was meant to provide relief to the needy people amid high inflation. They said bread at cheaper rates would be handed out to hundreds of poor families at Iftar and Sehr.

Addressing a function in Inayat Kallay Bazaar, the Jamaat and AKF leaders said quality cooked food would be provided to the poor families during the fasting month.

PROTEST: The residents of several localities of Khar tehsil on Sunday blocked the Bajaur-Mardan Road to protest delay in launch of the government's free wheat flour distribution.

The protesters chanted slogans against the district...