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Khattak approves plans for Nowshera Education City, Peshawar Model Town

PESHAWAR:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Monday formally approved master plans of Nowshera Motorway (Mega Education) City and Peshawar Model Town (Mega Sports City) in Peshawar and Nowshera, respectively.


According to a handout issued by the press secretary of K-P CM, on Monday a meeting was held with Khattak in chair at the CM Secretariat, Peshawar to review the master plans, which were approved after recommendations.

The approved schemes are said to cost Rs80 billion and Rs60 billion, respectively.

Both projects are being launched under public-private partnership and will be advertised for local and foreign investment soon after finalisation of its PC-Is in the next few months.

A high level team of Chinese investors group in housing sector had met the K-P chief minister weeks ago, offering investment of $1 billion for these projects.

Briefing the participants about the mega housing projects, Secretary Housing Engineer Zahid Arif said that 80,000 kanal of land had been allocated for Nowshera Motorway City near Kernal Sher Khan Interchange on Motorway M-1, while section-IV has been imposed for the acquisition of the land.

He said about 30% of the total area of the scheme will be specified for educational institutions, including universities where state-of-the-art education centres for education and research will be established.

Regarding the Peshawar Model Town (Mega Sport City Peshawar), he said the scheme would be spread over 14,000 acres between Peshawar and Nowshera.

Arif added that the scheme will be set up with an estimated cost of Rs80 billion and will be four times bigger than Hayatabad Township in size. Thus, it would cater to residential needs of more than 0.6 million people.

Khattak, during the meeting, said although both the mega projects would be big cities with all housing facilities and availability of basic amenities on scientific lines, they were being launched with the sole aim to promote education, as well as sports according to the vision of the PTI-led coalition government.

The CM directed for an early completion of the PC-I of both projects and to start the practical work by the end of January 2015.

He that in future all departments should complete their projects per the deadline.

Besides, Khattak also allocated land for the provincial assembly secretariat and MPA’s Hostel in Peshawar Model Town, and that the proposed Media Enclave and Press Club in consultations with journalists would be included in the same town.
 
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KP devises plan to preserve historical sites

The Directorate of Archaeology and Museums Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has devised a plan for preservation and conservation of Paolo Avitabile Governor Complex at Gor Khatri Archaeological Complex, Peshawar.

The directorate of archaeology was also working to preserve and protect other historic buildings and sites across the province and a plan was already devised in that regard, said a press release issued here on Wednesday.

It said that Adviser to Chief Minister Amjad Khan Afridi visited Gor Khatri along with a team of experts from Lahore for commissioning of the conservation and preservation plan. Director Archaeology and Museums Dr Abdul Samad was also present on the occasion.

The Gor Khatri Complex, a fortified square compound, spread over an area of 25,600 square meters, is located on the highest point of Peshawar, where a Mughal-era serai, a historic Gorakshanath temple, Governor Avitabile’s house in Sikh period, a network of cells in the southern and western side of the structure and a fire brigade building dating back to 1917 makes this place a unique archaeological site.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Afridi said that a plan was devised to conserve and preserve the Paolo Avitabile Governor Complex. For the purpose, a team of specialists of a conservation firm also visited the site, he added.

Highlighting the historic importance of Gor Khatri, he said that government was working on different projects to revive and revitalise the glory of Peshawar by conserving, preserving and reviving its historic buildings, sites, bazaars, monuments and walls.

The archaeology director said that conservation and preservation work on historic Gor Khatri continued in full swing. Conservation of upper portion of the wall, eastern side of Gor Khatri was completed, he said. He added that a state of art archaeological gallery would be established at Gor Khatri.

The official said that the directorate was also working on a plan to arrange exhibitions and awareness sessions at historical Sethi House, situated near the Ghanta Ghar, Bazaar Kalan and Gor Khatri in Peshawar.

Mohallah Sethian or Sethi Street stands as a testament to days gone by when stories of distant lands were narrated over cups of green tea and caravans of traders stopped in the city, while travelling from the Central Asian steppes to the Indian plains.
 
Police launches automated complaint redressal system.The system also features an in-built analysis of complaints’ statistics, enabling the CPO and IGP to analyse the performance of field officers.
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PESHAWAR
: With the aim of providing a mechanism for prompt redressal of public complaints, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Police launched the Police Access Service (PAS) on Wednesday. Chief Minister Pervez Khattak formally inaugurated the service at the Central Police Office (CPO).
Citizens from across the province can now access the police through an SMS and relevant police officers will contact the complainant within 24 hours, stated a handout.
To register a complaint, citizens can send a text message to 0315-9007777. In addition, they can also call a toll-free helpline at 0800-00400, send a fax to 091-9223575 or email to pas.kppolice@gmail.com. Complaints will also be entertained on the provincial police’s website, www.kppolice.gov.pk as well as at the PAS centre at the CPO.
Speaking at the inauguration, IGP Nasir Khan Durrani said K-P police is devoted to providing equal access and respect to all citizens of the province. “The PAS is aimed at winning public trust through promptly redressing their complaints by utilising automated technology solutions for enhanced police accessibility,” said Durrani.
Under the new system, every complaint will be registered in PAS’s automated database and the complainant will be issued a complaint code through an SMS. Subsequently, the relevant subdivisional police office (SDPO) and district police officer will be informed about the registered complaint through a text message. The SDPO will be bound to contact the complainant within 24 hours, added the handout.
“The newly-established PAS is equipped with a computer-based timeline monitoring system which will ensure all complaints are redressed within the given timeframes,” it stated. The system also features an in-built analysis of complaints’ statistics, enabling the CPO and IGP to analyse the performance of field officers.
Published in The Express Tribune,
 
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