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PESHAWAR, (APP): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Wednesday
released Rs 4.4 million under shuhada package to each of the two victims, who were killed last year during anti-polio campaign in Danna area
of district Mansehra.
According to a notification of the Finance Department, a total of 8.800
million rupees were released and transferred as additional grant to affected family members of LHW Mst Sitara Gul D/O Mian Gul and LHW Mst Kaneez Nargis D/O Mian Gul under Shuhada package.
The notification read that out of Rs.4.4 million released for
each of the slain workers 3.3 million were released as cash compensation while 1.1 million were released as cash payment in lieu of plot of
land.
It is pertinent to mention here that three people including Lady Health
Workers (LHWs) Sitara Gul and Kaneez Nargis and policeman Muhammad Mushtaq were gunned down on second day of the anti-polio campaign by unidentified terrorists in Danna area on March 17, 2015.
The family members of Sitara Gul, a mother of four, and Kaneez Nargis,
who had three children, have been in great distress since the tragic incident took place.