PESHAWAR: Member Provincial Assembly Dr Sumera Shams has been nominated by “One Young World for the Young Politician of the Year Award”. According to a handout, the award is given to five.
CM Mahmood Khan orders reforms in Social Welfare Dept
Peshawar
December 25, 2020
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has ordered introduction of reforms in the Social Welfare Department to streamline and improve its performance.
He was chairing a meeting on Thursday to review the overall progress of the department and its subordinate bodies, said an official handout.
Member Provincial Assembly Dr Sumera Shams, Secretary Social Welfare Manzoor Ahmad, Secretary Finance Atif Rehman and other relevant senior officials attended the meeting. It was decided to constitute a high-level committee consisting of lawmakers, administrative secretaries of relevant departments and other senior officials.
The committee was directed to come up with proposals to this effect within a month. The chief minister termed the establishment of Shelter Homes (Panah Gahs) a pro-poor initiative of Prime Minister Imran Khan for the protection of the marginalised and vulnerable segments of society.