KP govt to determine forest areas in merged districts
August 3, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to carry out legal classification of forested areas in the newly merged districts with the aim to preserve the trees.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the Forest Department with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair, said an official handout. The matter will be presented to the provincial cabinet for final approval.
Provincial Ministers Ishtiaq Urmar, Anwar Zeb Khan, Iqbal Wazir, MPAs from merged districts, Chief Secretary Kazim Niaz, Senior Member Board of Revenue Syed Zafar Ali Shah, Secretary forests Islam Zeb, Secretary law Masood Ahmad and other relevant senior officials attended the meeting.
PESHAWAR: Illegal gateways and the cellular networks working across the Pak-Afghan border were some of the reasons that businessmen and well-off people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa received calls for.
PESHAWAR: For all the hype around the mainstreaming of the merged areas, representatives from the region in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly feel alienated from the treasury and opposition, finding little support for highlighting issues affecting the people of erstwhile Fata.
This sense of frustration was palpable during the recent in-house protests of political leaders from the tribal districts against what they called reneging of the government on commitments made under the 25th Amendment under which Fata was integrated into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
These commitments included giving the tribal districts three per cent share in National Finance Commission (NFC) Award amounting to Rs100 billion per annum for development works, minerals’ royalty besides administrative and judicial reforms. This was aimed at socio-economic uplift of the area at par with the rest of the province and country.
CM to announce Ramazan package soon
Peshawar
April 6, 2021
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan will soon announce the Ramazan package to provide relief to the people during the holy month.
This was stated by Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Information and Higher Education Kamran Bangash during a post-cabinet media briefing, said an official handout.
He said the KP cabinet met here on Monday under the chairmanship of the chief minister. Ministers, advisors, special Assistants, chief secretary, additional chief secretary and administrative secretaries attended the meeting.
Kamran Bangash said chief minister directed the cabinet members to prepare e-transfer policy within a week to ensure quick disposal as well as transparency in the postings and transfers.
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan chaired the meeting of the provincial cabinet. DawnNewsTV/File
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet has decided to provide a subsidy of Rs20.8 billion on wheat to ensure the supply of flour to the people at rates lower than the market’s during the holy month of Ramazan.
The cabinet, which met here on Monday with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair, also approved the outsourcing of the regional blood transfusion centres to ensure safe transfusion, said an official statement.
The outsourcing of centres will be implemented by the Healthcare Foundation and the banks will be run under the public private partnership law to improve its operations and resolve the problems of blood required by the patients.