DLP Report
ISLAMABAD
Adviser to the Chief Minister on Finance Muzzammil Aslam has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was moving ahead with a structured reform agenda centered on digital governance, institutional transformation and fiscal discipline.
Addressing the Pakistan Governance Forum 2026 on Wednesday, he termed it an honor to participate in a platform aimed at strengthening governance across Pakistan.
He expressed satisfaction that KP was not behind any other province in governance reforms, adding that under the leadership of Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi, good governance is being pursued as a comprehensive and institutionalized reform programme.
Muzzammil Aslam said the province completed its five-year digitization plan in less than a year. Of the 170 public services identified for digitization, 56 have been fully digitized, while electronic payment facilities are now available in 73 services. In January 2025 alone, salaries of 251,214 government employees and pensions of 115,648 pensioners were disbursed through a micro payment gateway, making transactions fully digital and traceable, he added.
He highlighted the establishment of a Debt Management Fund as the first initiative of its kind at the provincial level in Pakistan. Alongside this, fiscal autonomy is being strengthened through reforms of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority, including GIS-based property taxation, real-time digital monitoring and analytics-driven enforcement. These measures have expanded the tax base without increasing rates, resulting in the province’s own revenue doubling from Rs65 billion to Rs129 billion over two years.
The adviser said governance and regulatory oversight are also being reshaped. The Peshawar Safe City Project, nearing completion in March 2026, along with ANPR and RFID-based automated vehicle identification systems, is shifting policing toward a proactive and intelligence-led model.
He said that out of 8,179 madaris in the province, more than 1,300 have been registered, marking progress toward institutional integration and transparent oversight. The mapping and profiling of non-custom paid (NCP) vehicles have also been completed, and such vehicles are being brought into a documented and regulated framework.
Muzzammil Aslam further stated that the number of out-of-school children has declined by 50 percent. The outsourcing of 1,500 underperforming schools has been initiated, while a monitoring system has ensured 90 percent teacher attendance. In the health sector, 250 facilities have been upgraded to provide 24/7 maternity services, and 54 hospitals are being transitioned to improved management models.
He emphasized that “Digital Governance — Digital Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” remains the central pillar of reform, with expansion of online public services, strengthening of e-office systems and implementation of e-procurement across departments underway.
For regulatory modernization, he said the KP Excise Department has introduced vehicle smart cards, computerized property tax records and recovered Rs1.16 billion in Infrastructure Development Cess (IDC) through open auction, further strengthening provincial revenues.
