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Solar Panels for Off-Grid communities in Chitral 30 Crore rupees spent by GoKP for 2750 households

 

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Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital

4 MW solar system

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[BetterPakistan]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government on the verge of Reviving Tourism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & making Khyber Pakhtunkwa a Modern Tourist Hub of Pakistan. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is taking major steps in the Tourism sector to revive this Multi-Billion Dollars industry of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, testimony to the efforts of Government, the Tourism Department have established New Modern ChairLifts in Malam Jabba Swat as the previous ones were destroyed by Militants & the PTDC Motel at Top of Malam Jabba is also being reconscructed. While Solar-Powered Huts are being placed in Sharan Forest in Kaghan Valley, the first of its kind initiative taken in Pakistan.

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Micro hydropower plants providing loadshedding free electricity in NAYA KPK

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=673684089454069

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The Newly Constructed Police Offices In Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

 

[BetterPakistan]

پشاور میں عید کی خوشیاں دوبالا۔۔۔ اللہ کا خاص کرم ہے کہ ہماری کوششیں رنگ لا رہی ہیں۔ الحمداللہ امن و امان کی صورتحال ایک پیشہ وارانہ اور غیر سیاسی پولیس ہونے کی وجہ سے بہت بہتر ہورہی ہے۔ پشاور جسکو خون سے نہہ لا دیا گیا تھا، واپس سے محبتوں اور پھولوں کا شہر بننے کی جانب گامزن ہے، کیونکہ بدل رہا ہے خیبر پختونخواہ!

 

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[nomi007]

Oh please grow up ,What about Infrastructure related investments by Govt ? 2015 to 2016 so on infrastructure Punjab has more than 1,000 Billion more than KPK

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go and see rural punjab

 

[ghazi52]

Newly Constructed Chairlift at Malam Jabba in Swat would be opened for Tourists/Public by August 30, 2016; as work on the project has been completed. In 2009, the chairlift was destroyed by militants.

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[ghazi52]

Rs 1.6 billion released for FATA University project
PESHAWAR: Funds amounting to Rs 1.6 billion have been released for the construction of FATA University in Dara Adamakhel region of Frontier Region (FR) Kohat. Talking to Daily Times, Assistant Director Liaqat Khan at Fata Secretariat on Tuesday said that initially the FATA University would operate in Dara Adamkhel Degree College in FR Kohat region.

He said beside 466 kanals of land have been purchased where the university will be constructed overfive years. The Director further elaborated that the university will formally inaugurate in September 2106 with four departments: Political Science, Sociology, Mathematics and Management Science.

Liaqat Khan said that Search Committee has appointed Tahir Shah as the Vice Chancellor (VC), a retired professor from National Centre of Excellence Geology Department University of Peshawar (UoP). As per the documents available with Daily Times, the president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardar for the first time extended the Higher Education Commission ordinance to FATA for the establishment of the FATA University. In 2011, he constituted a search committee for the appointment of the VC and project director other staff for the university but the project could not implemented.

In the light of the search committee, Shafiqu Rehman, professor at the UoP was appointed as the project director and VC for the FATA University but the law Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) declared the appointment unlawful.

The department argued that the appointment has been made prior to university regulation 2013 act and termed the search committee unconstitutional. Pleading anonymity, officials of the Planning and Development Branch at FATA Secretariat told to Daily Times that the fund for the purchasing of land and construction of the university has been delayed time and again.

“In the first phase Rs.4.70 million has been released for FATA University,” the director added. He also said the college was the property of the FATA University which had been destroyed in a bomb blast, adding that the building has been renovated and modified and governor KP Zafar Iqbal Jagra would soon inaugurate the FATA University.

Tahir Shah VC of the Fata University said that according to the rules laid down in the statute of the university students from any part of the country could submit applications for admission, not just those from tribal areas.

 

[ghazi52]

Newly constructed Madyan Road leading to Beautiful Valley of Kalam Swat

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[koolio]

Newly constructed Madyan Road leading to Beautiful Valley of Kalam SwatI

Road looks very impressive, Is the construction of the road towards kalam complete or is it still ongoing.

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[BetterPakistan]

Empowering grass roots: CM approves much-awaited changes to LG system

PESHAWAR: The provincial government has approved changes to the legal framework and operational arrangements of the local government system. The aim is to increase the power of district and tehsil nazims.

This was announced by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak during a news conference at his official residence on Saturday. Senior ministers were also present on the occasion.

The changes will subsequently be approved by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. Khattak said every department has its own business rules, but these needed to change according to the times and circumstances.

He said the K-P government allocated 30% of its budgetary allocation to the local government. In 2015, not all funds were spent due to the lack of experience, but it was a different story this year as the money was diverted to ongoing schemes at the district level, Khattak claimed.

He added the government had the capacity to provide 100% of the funds earmarked for the local government. The chief minister said the total share for local government was Rs33 billion and would be released in four phases.

The share would be based on resources, he said, adding 100% of the money would be released if made available. Similarly, if they got 80% from the resources, then the same rate would be released.

He denied reports of lapsing funds every year. He said most funds were spent in the first year of the new local government system. Citing figures, the chief minister said 85% of the total allocation was utilised

He added the remaining budget was spent on non-development sectors such as increasing salaries. Khattak said had the amount not been spent on salaries, it would be put into the development sector. The chief minister hoped for a 100% utilisation rate this year.

The chief minister said a committee of senior ministers was formed to improve the legal framework and operational arrangements of the local government system. He said it included Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Inayatullah Khan, Minister for Irrigation Sikandar Sherpao and Minister for Health Shahram Tarakai. The committee held several meetings with nazims, district governments and tehsil municipal administrations and prepared recommendations for the provincial government’s consideration.

The participants proposed share percentages for priority areas. For example, education would get 20%, health 10% and 15% was set aside for women development and youth/sports. Meanwhile, the remaining 55 % would be the discretionary fund for the district government.

It was further decided that to fill the existing gaps in the system, two representative nazims of district governments will hold a meeting with the secretary for planning and development (P&D) and rural development section chief.

About the shortage of necessary staff, the nazim and district government will approach the administration department to immediately make up for the deficiency on a temporary basis.

Khattak said changes have been made based on the recommendations of the committee. Now allocations for Drinking Water and Sanitation Services on the tehsil level will be 25%, 20% for municipal services, 5% for uplift projects and 50% would be at the dissertation of the council.

There was also a proposal to temporarily ban the appointments of fix pay/daily wagers unless approved by the local government secretary.

A report will be submitted on any newly created posts since September, 2015 to the chief minister. Khattak added amendments were made to the guidelines on the chairmanship of the district development committee and tehsil development committee.

The CM said the nazim of a district has been declared as the chief executive of the district under Section-11(2) of the LGA, 2013. The DDC also appraises PC-I schemes recommended by the District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC), which is a provincial body and not devolved.

Under the new DDC arrangement, district government-funded schemes shall be overlooked by the nazim and funds will be approved once the PC-I is given a nod by the deputy commissioner.

Meanwhile, Khattak said a committee of nazims would monitor the performance of WSSP and WSSCs against already decided key performance indicators.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 24th, 2016.



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Directives from IGP: Khazana SHO suspended, charged with murder

ESHAWAR: IGP Nasir Khan Durrani has suspended Khazana SHO Rehmatullah and ordered registration of a murder case against him on Thursday.

Rehmatullah was found guilty of killing a man identified as Saleem during a fake police encounter in Chargo Kalay area during Ramazan. An enquiry had been ordered against the SHO when relatives of the deceased attacked Khazana police station and blocked Charsadda Road, obstructing the flow of traffic for several hours. They demanded registration of an FIR against the SHO who had killed Saleem.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2016.


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Peshawar zoo to be inaugurated by December 2016

PESHAWAR: Adviser to the K-P Chief Minister for Environment, Forests and Wildlife, Syed Ishtiaq Urmar said on Monday that work on the first ever zoo in Peshawar will be inaugurated by December this year.

The adviser said the first phase of the Peshawar zoo, which is being established in the premises of Pakistan Forests Institute, Peshawar over 29 acres land, would be inaugurated by December this year as work on the project was in full-swing.


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Newly-installed chairlift attracts tourists to Malam Jabba

MINGORA: Tourists from across the country are enjoying a ride on the chairlift, installed after eight years of long wait at the 9,200-feet high Malam Jabba tourist resort.

The previously installed chairlift constructed with the financial assistance of the Austrian government was destroyed during insurgency in 2008.

However, in 2014, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government announced to reconstruct the Malam Jabba ski resort featuring a four-star hotel, a chairlift, a cable car, snowboarding and ski slopes for national and international tourists. This season, the cable car started operations to transport tourists to the peak of Malam Jabba offering panoramic view.

“I came to Swat for the first time and found it one of the most charming tourist spots in the country. Malam Jabba has so many things to offer to tourists, particularly its lush green mountains, thick forests and hospitable people,” Marvi Aimon, a tourist from Karachi told Dawn, saying the chairlift was a bit scary, but full of fun.

She invited Pakistanis to visit Swat once in their life at least as it was safe and beautiful.

Tourists expressed their joy that Swat was once again attracting tourism after insurgency.

Asad Ijaz, a tourist from Mansehra, said he visited Swat after 20 years and could see many changes after insurgency hit the beautiful valley.

“It is good that peace has finally returned to the valley and tourists have started coming to this beautiful place. This is really encouraging that tourists from as far as interior Sindh, Punjab and other parts of the country are flocking to Swat.”

“Installation of chairlift here would help further promote tourism in the area as it offers a complete view of the valley,” he said.

Tourists said the striking landscape of Malam Jabba was beyond everything as tourists could go to the mountain peaks, lush green pastures, travel inside the forests and drink spring water.

Abdul Samad Khan, a tourist from Shangla, said he frequently visited Malam Jabba, but was astonished to see the addition of chairlift and some other development works.

“With the newly built facilities for tourists Malam Jabba has become the most attractive part in Pakistan,” he said.

“Though the road from Mingora to Malam Jabba is only 45 kilometers long it took us three hours to reach here because of its bad condition. If the government reconstructs the road more tourists will come,” said Samad Khan.

 

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KPK: Under-construction 106 MW Golen Gol Hydropower Project by WAPDA in Chitral District, scheduled for completion by end 2017 [

 

[BetterPakistan]

Imran spells out agenda of change for K-P

ISLAMABAD / ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has spelled out a 13-point ‘agenda of change and development’ for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), the province where his party is in power, while announcing that K-P would take the lead in abolishing discretionary funds for provincial legislators.

“The only duty of MPAs is to make laws and oversee their implementation. The bad tradition of doling out development funds to MPAs was introduced by the then military ruler, General Ziaul Haq,” Imran told a news conference on Monday.


He said his party has decided to devolve financial powers to local governments. “A provincial financial commission is being set up that will release funds to the local governments and districts without political interference,” he added.

‘The agenda of change and development’ also includes allocation of Rs33 billion [or 30% of K-P’s budget] to the local governments, distribution of funds irrespective of party affiliation, making the Chief Minister House available to top taxpayers and opening of the CM/speaker’s rest houses in Nathiagali for general public.

“It also includes introduction of conflict of interest law, police reforms, induction of 40,000 new teachers, all new appointments through NTS [National Testing Service], lower judiciary reforms and Peshawar Mass Transit,” he added.

The PTI chairman said these reforms were part of his party’s manifesto but could not be implemented earlier. He termed the new agenda a landmark in the country’s history and said his party was entering a new phase in K-P.

Imran also mentioned a number of new laws the K-P government was going to pass. “This reforms agenda includes Police Act 2016 aimed at de-politicising the police, and Public Safety Commission will oversee this act,” he added.

He said his party is going to make the health sector and the hospitals of the province exemplary. A new accountability law is being introduced that will be more powerful than the previous one besides the introduction of whistle-blower act in which whistle-blowers highlighting graft will get 25 per cent of the recovery.

“Corruption in K-P is at the lowest level compared to other provinces, according to the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat) survey,” he added.

Responding to a question about release of funds to Madrassa Haqqania in Akora Khattak, he said the K-P government was going to sign an MoU with all seminaries in the province as it wanted to bring their students into the mainstream. “We want to integrate three different syllabuses in the country and to provide 2.2 million madrasa students the opportunity to learn modern-day subjects,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2016.

 

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