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KP Ehtesab Commission at hand as assembly passes bill | Pakistan Defence

New Anti-Corruption Commission is going to be established in KPK, another promise by PTI is fulfilled.

 

[Bilal.]

KP Ehtesab Commission at hand as assembly passes bill | Pakistan Defence

New Anti-Corruption Commission is going to be established in KPK, another promise by PTI is fulfilled.

When will the commission become operational?

 

[Leader]

A slow roll-out: Eight months on, K-P’s promises of change remain tied up in red

Brimming over with enthusiasm to bring change from the outset, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) is yet to make its presence felt in terms of development work in the region. It has been in power for almost eight months.

The government has made little progress on the annual development programme (ADP) visualised for the fiscal year 2013-14. There are several factors, including a lack of disbursement of funds from the centre, which have resulted in the negligible gain on the ADP.

Yet, PTI’s inability to match the rapid change that it visualised in its manifesto is also to be blamed. Imran Khan’s party has adopted a very conservative path towards development, seemingly to avoid any labels of financial corruption which marred Awami National Party’s (ANP) rule in the province.

Many reasons have been cited to explain the delay in releasing funds for development work. The process to hire consultants for various departments has played a contributory factor. K-P Minister for Health Shaukat Yousufzai has said on one occasion, “We entered the government with hardly any infrastructure or good baseline for governance left by ANP.” Alluding through metaphors, the minister contended a train requires a proper railway track on which to run, and while the government needs to build that track, there is still time before things will get in to order.

A finance department officer of the Civil Secretariat revealed the PTI government has only received 25% of the total funds allocated to ADP. From the total planned budgetary outlay of Rs344 billion for the financial year 2013-14, Rs118 billion was set aside for development projects in K-P.

“So far, only departments that have hired consultants have received funds from the ADP,” added the official. Public health, irrigation and Auqaf departments have so far been successful in receiving the money. “The idea behind hiring consultants is to carry forward the development agenda, to supervise and evaluate works carried out by the government apparatus.”

Lean machinery

Another official, from the planning and development department, did not seem convinced about hiring consultants. Consultants cost and these will have to be borne by the government.

But, the official insisted, delays in utilising the ADP was only linked with the government’s efforts to take every precautionary measure against financial loopholes. “The entire process of establishing working groups for government departments, and later, the hiring of consultants, is aimed at ensuring efficient utilisation of resources – this is what took the government half a fiscal year,” he added.

Communication breakdown

Financial hiccups can also be traced to the lingering monetary disputes with the centre.

The provincial government has incessantly complained about the federal government’s attitude towards timely disbursement of outstanding dues.

As recently as December 17, the provincial finance minister Sirajul Haq complained the centre is yet to release a previous liability of Rs1.5 billion as well as Rs7.5 billion under the head of net hydel profits for the current fiscal year.

The K-P government remains displeased with what it termed “the federal government’s attempts to level the fuel price adjustment surcharge with the province” instead of ensuring power for the region. The provincial economy has not only suffered at the hands of the law and order situation in the region but also frequent and debilitating power outages.

Haq also alleged the centre harboured a hostile attitude towards K-P. While several mega development projects were planned, they are still awaiting approvals from the Central Development Working Party and the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council.

During a recent news conference, the minister revealed K-P has only received Rs19 billion against a promised Rs93 billion from the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), which he said was an indication of the federal government’s “discrimination towards the province”.

A slow roll-out: Eight months on, K-P’s promises of change remain tied up in red – The Express Tribune

SHAME ON NAWAZ KINGO !!

When will the commission become operational?

It has been passed unanimously by the KP Assembly. I think the due process of setting up the department should be somewhere between 4-6 months

 

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[Leader]

news10 | Saach.TV

 

[Devil Soul]

Biometric system fails in K-P within 3 months of installation
By Web Desk
Published: January 9, 2014

At government institutions around 60 percent of the employees were not able to enter their data into the machines. PHOTO: AFP

PESHAWAR: The biometric system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) flopped within three months of installation, Express News reported on Thursday.

A global positioning satellite (GPS)-based biometric system was installed in public as well as educational institutions to ensure 100% attendance.

Express News reported that employees were recording their attendance in registers.

At government institutions around 60 percent of the employees were not able to enter their data into the machines.

Some machines only worked for two days after installation.

 

[CrazyPaki]

Biometric system fails in K-P within 3 months of installation
By Web Desk
Published: January 9, 2014

At government institutions around 60 percent of the employees were not able to enter their data into the machines. PHOTO: AFP

PESHAWAR: The biometric system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) flopped within three months of installation, Express News reported on Thursday.

A global positioning satellite (GPS)-based biometric system was installed in public as well as educational institutions to ensure 100% attendance.

Express News reported that employees were recording their attendance in registers.

At government institutions around 60 percent of the employees were not able to enter their data into the machines.

Some machines only worked for two days after installation.

A premature article, it doesn't inform the viewer what went wrong?, where the problem occurred?, How many units weren't working and the source of info?

 

[Kompromat]

Failure is part of any equipment. KP govt started it as a test run and it will be upgraded.

 

[CrazyPaki]

as soon as LG election are held then the process of infrastructure building can begin.

 

[Rashid Mahmood]

 

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[Crypto]

Please post sources too.

 

[Crypto]

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ANP leader among eight killed in KP attacks
ANP leader among eight killed in KP attacks - DAWN.COM

PESHAWAR: Unknown gunmen shot dead a senior opposition leader along with two others in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, police said, hours after a bomb attack in another part of the region killed five.

Mian Mushtaq, a former high-ranking member of the secular Awami National Party (ANP) that ruled the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province until last year, was in his car when he was attacked, senior police official Rahim Shah told AFP.

“Up to four gunmen had taken position on both sides of a road and as soon as Mian Mushtaq's car passed they started firing and fled in the nearby fields,” Shah said.

“Mian Mushtaq and two others died in the firing,” he added.

The ANP is known for its outspoken views against the Taliban and backed military operations against the insurgents while it ruled the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for five years till March 2013.

Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has now formed a coalition government in the province but ANP leaders remain in the militants' sights.

Earlier in the day two roadside bombs targeting Amir Muqam of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) party killed five of his security detail in the Martoong area of Swat valley, which the Taliban controlled from 2007-2009.

“At least five policemen were killed and four others were wounded,” senior police official Abdullah Khan told AFP.

The dead and wounded were travelling in the security car that was leading the other vehicles, he said.

Another senior police official, Gulzar Khan, confirmed the attack, which was later condemned in a statement by the prime minister's office.

Khan said two improvised explosive devices weighing two kilograms (4.4 pounds) each were remotely detonated minutes apart and a third unexploded device found at the crime scene was defused by a bomb disposal squad.

Muqam, an adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, told AFP that he was safe but distraught over the loss of the men in his security detail.

“I thank God for saving my life. I am very sad over the loss of my people who gave their lives while protecting me,” he said.

He said that he was travelling in the area with some 15 vehicles in his convoy as part of campaign efforts for local elections.

The Pakistani Taliban, other militant affiliates and al Qaeda-linked networks all have strongholds in the country's northwest, particularly in the semi-autonomous areas on the Afghan border.
welcome to KPK terrorists supporting govt?

 

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K-P chief minister approves bifurcation of district Kohistan