PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has assured to support AJK government in its demand for increasing the share of Azad Jammu & Kashmir in NFC award.
AJK is not a formal member of the NFC but it is receiving 2.27 % in the NFC award. Assurance to this effect was given to the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider who met the Chief Minister at Pakhtunkhwa House, Islamabad.
Both the leaders discussed matters of mutual interest. Chief Minister assured supporting Azad Jammu & Kashmir at proper forum. Pervez Khattak said his province is also negotiating its case for enhancing its shares in the incoming NFC award.
On the merger of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Chief Minister said we welcome the merger of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The existing system should be extended to FATA, Any new experiment was not required and may not succeed because the people of FATA were accustomed to the existing Pakistani laws. Even the local government system of the province could also be extended there, he added.
Referring to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of infrastructure devastated by the earthquake the chief Minister said that the federal government did not pay for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of schools and other infrastructure of social services devastated by the earthquake in Hazara division.
The province with its own resources constructed 600 schools out of 2500 schools. The federal government did not keep its promise for infrastructure development devastated by earthquake, he added.
The Chief Minister said his Government made a record legislations and brought reforms to revamp the system in the province. Our efforts were resisted by the forces of status quo but we emerged triumphant against the forces of status quo. He said the government eliminated political interference in public sector institutions making them subservient to the will of the people and the reforms system started giving relief to the people.
Chief Minister said that the misrule in the past set wrong traditions and now the corrupt were raising accusing fingers at the honest. This attitude created a lot of confusion. This country is to be tracked at right path and the system is to be revamped and political interference in public sector institutions is to be discouraged as there is no room for talking non sense in politics that deluded the people.
The Chief Minister recounted its government efforts for efficient services in the social sector through different programmes adding that politics is to be done and seen in the context of public welfare. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government set new style of open governance in the province.
Chief Minister said his government successfully experimented the devolution of resources and power plan at grass root level and transferred more than 35 billion out of the 115 billion total ADP of the province to the devolved system. The system was designed to give relief to the people through developmental strategy at local level. We have to work around the clock and that too efficiently for the cause of serving the people. Another Rs.40 billion was being spent on the construction of Swat Motorway which was being constructed by the provincial government out of its own resources. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government spent more than 35 billion on fixing and providing missing facilities in the public sector educational institutions making them efficient to compete with private schooling system in the province.
Pervez Khattak said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government was all set to start work on the rapid bus transit Peshawar that will provide one solution to all the traffic congestion in Peshawar. Chief Minister lamented that public welfare activities and reforms are some time delayed by the unnecessary litigation.
Pervez Khattak gave tips to PM AJK for good governance, reforms and local government system and forestation adding that the experiment he made in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had encouraging results and therefore should be replicated for the benefit of the people.
The Prime Minister of AJK Mediareciated the sacrifices of Chief Minister family and the whole Pashtoons for liberating of Azad Jammu & Kashmir from the clutches of India adding that we value the support of Pashoons.
Chief Minister assured deployment at four bridges including Kohala on the side of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He also assured carpeting of roads going through the area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and connecting Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
He assured to work for the people of Azad Kashmir without any political consideration.
