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| Peshawar hires 'rat killer' to tackle rodent problem |
| 2015-02-21 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A government agency in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. has hired a man who claims to have killed 100,000 rats in a bid to rid the northwestern Pak city of the rodents that plague its streets. "Paging Mr. Whittington! Pick up the white courtesy phone!" Nasser Ahmad, who has been assigned the straightforward job title of "Rat Killer", will receive a monthly salary of 15,000 rupees ($147), as well as a 2,000-rupee bonus per mission. Ahmad says he has already killed more than 100,000 rats in the past 19 months, inspired to take action after seeing the wife of a friend hospitalized after being bitten by one of the rodents. "We have been receiving complaints about the growing number of rodents in the city, which were causing damage to the fabric of houses and shops, and contaminating food," Nasir Ghafoor, the general manager of Water Supply and Sanitation Peshawar, told AFP. "I called Ahmad and gave him a job in the firm, creating for the first time in the history of the city the post of rat killer." Ahmad, who has thus far done the job with just a hoe, a wheelbarrow and plastic gloves, has been assigned a staff of five, and plans to train others in a bid to tackle Peshawar's rat problem. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Aim between the eyes, Ahmad, sometimes they charge when they're wounded. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-02-21 16:30 |
| #4 No tennis racquet? |
| Posted by: Anice Nim 2015-02-21 15:56 |
| #3 No, a Crossman pellet rifle and a flash light. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-02-21 12:35 |
| #2 Is their a flute involved? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-02-21 07:33 |
| #1 I used to be on the dawn Rat Patrol in a Publix. May have been the best job I ever had. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-02-21 06:11 |