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KP Govt issues progress report about schools in tribal districts

July 16, 2019

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has released a report regarding performance and available facilities in public sector schools of tribal districts.

According to the report prepared by Independent Monitoring Unit, the performance of ninety-eight percent schools has been evaluated.

The attendance of teachers and students remained eighty-two and sixty-two percent respectively.

Electricity facility is available in forty-five percent schools.

Eighty-two percent schools have boundary walls.

Commenting on the report, Advisor to Chief Minister on Education Ziaullah Bangash said efforts are being made to ensure availability of all basic facilities in schools under directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

He said thirty-six billion rupees will be spent on promotion of education in tribal areas in current fiscal year.

 

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KPDWP approves above Rs5b for eight projects

July 18, 2019

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Development Working Party has approved more than five point five billion rupees for eight projects in its meeting held in Peshawar.

The projects are related to Education, Local Government, Multi-Sectoral Development, Roads and Science and Technology & Information Technology.

 

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France to provide 50.2 million Euros to Pakistan for rehabilitation of Dargai, Chitral hydropower projects

ISLAMABAD: France will provide 50.2 million Euros to Pakistan for rehabilitation of Dargai and Chitral hydropower projects.

Secretary, Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Noor Ahmed; Ambassador of France to Pakistan, Marc Barety; and Country Director of the French Agency for Development (AFD), Jacky Amprou signed the Credit Facility Agreement worth Euros 50 million and a grant agreement of Euros 0.2 million for Rehabilitation of Dargai and Chitral Hydropower Projects.

Malakand and Chitral are two of the remotest districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The project will upgrade the obsolete and vulnerable machinery with the state-of-the art-technology, enhance the capacity of the existing Power Stations of Dargai and Chitral, thus enhancing generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity keeping in view the future requirements of the region.

The project will contribute towards the government of Pakistan’s strategy for utilizing the available renewable energy sources for power generation and enhancing their capacities.

France through the French Agency for Development is working in Pakistan providing technical and financial support in energy sector where Euros 315 million financial support has been committed since 2016.

Secretary EAD thanked the French government and AFD for extending the financial assistance to Pakistan.

 

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Defence Housing Authority DHA Head Office under Construction at DHA Peshawar

 

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Construction Work of Kulal Ceramics is proceeding towards it's completion phase at Hattar Special Economic Zone KP

 

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KP Government has constructed a Youth Hostel for the Youth in Batakundi, Naran. The objectives of constructing Youth Hostel in Naran is to promote Tourism and also provide affordable residential facility to the Youth especially students

88 bedded Youth Hostel is now open for the Youth in Batakundi, Naran. More Youth Hostel in Chitral is also ready for inauguration. More Youth Hostels will be constructed in Peshawar and Sharan. A Youth Hostel is also under construction for females

 

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LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Aug, 2019 ) :A two-member delegation from Rashakai Special Economic Zone (RSEZ) management team from China on Wednesday called on the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) Vice President Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigal.
According to LCCI spokesman, on the occasion various issues including establishment of special economic zones in Pakistan and Pak-China trade relations came under discussion.

Delegation members Suo Bin Xing and Simon Li threw light on their ongoing projects.

Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigal hoped that RSEZ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would help produce much-needed employment opportunities besides generating revenue.

He said that the LCCI has always been vocal in favour of SEZs because through these infrastructures, process of industrialization can be boosted and new employment opportunities can be generated.

He said there was no doubt that with the establishment of special economic zones all across the major industrial areas in the country, the present pace of economic development can be enhanced to achieve the desired results.

The LCCI Vice President said that Pakistan has yet to exploit the potential of regional trade for its own advantage.

"We believe that Rashakai Special Economic Zone will play key role in increasing foreign trade particularly reaching out to Afghanistan and remote destinations of CIS countries", he added

 

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Services of Rescue 1122 has been extended to #Khyber District. Rescue 1122 will be extended to all tribal districts, over 20 stations will be established in the tribal districts.

Over 1500 youth of tribal areas will be recruited

 

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Swat Motorway

 

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Pakistan China have agreed to fast track implementation of industrial cooperation under CPEC utilizing Chinese experiences to ensure speedy development of special economic zones in Pakistan.ground breaking of Rashakai Special Economic Zone #SEZ in KPK is planned next month.

 

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Govt spending over Rs 300 m for synthetic biotechnology center in Peshawar: Kamran

September 03, 2019

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Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Information Technology Kamran Khan Bangash says the government is spending more than three hundred million rupees on the construction of a synthetic biotechnology center in Peshawar.

Inaugurating an incubation center in Peshawar on Tuesday, he stressed the need for more professional IT training for students in educational institutions.

Kamran Khan Bangash hoped promotion of information technology will help to stabilize the provincial economy.

The Special Assistant said more incubation centers will be established in other parts of the province.

 

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PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that the issues hindering the construction of runway of the Saidu Sharif Airport should be resolved within three months as the airport will play an important role in the promotion of tourism and trade activities.

The chief minister also agreed with the establishment of ski training schools in collaboration with PAF at Malam Jabba and Gabin Jabba along with the construction of Kheshgi National Park, for which he sought to convene a special meeting, said an official handout.

Talking to Air Vice-Marshal AOC Northern Air Command Abdul Moeed Khan who called on him at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Peshawar, Mahmood Khan was briefed in detail about the progress on Saidu Sharif Airport, ski training schools and Kheshgi National Park, Nowshera.

 

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Kurram Tangi Dam

Location :On Kurram river in North Waziristan Agency, KP (previously FATA) about 14 km upstream of Kurram Garhi Headworks and 32 km North of Bannu District.

Salient Features

Height of Dam 322 Ft
Gross Storage Capacity 1.20 MAF
Live Storage Capacity 0.9MAF
Power Generation 83.4 MW
Annual Energy 350 GWh
New Command Area 84,380 Acres

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Rescue 1122 Emergency Center has been made in Hayatabad Industrial Estate Peshawar providing protection to the labours working there. The Service will also be expanded to all 35 Districts of KP from 10 Districts.currently.