PESHAWAR
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Haji Ghulam Ali here Wednesday highlighted the sacrifices of tribal people for country’s sovereignty and said that peace is a prerequisite for development and prosperity of an area.
He was talking to a 45-member delegation of tribal elders of Tehsil Shagai, South Waziristan. The delegation was led by former member provincial assembly, Adnan Wazir and Chairman Tehsil Wana, Moulana Saleh.
The delegation apprised KP Governor about their problems and said that Shagai was given tehsil status in 2012 but proper notification has not been issued yet. They urged governor to play his role and said that it would help addressing concerns of people living in that area.
They also highlighted issues including establishment of NADRA Office in the area, rehabilitation of infrastructure, black topping of roads in Mantoai and Santoi, construction of hospital in Shagai and completion of projects relating to water supply and sanitation.
Speaking on the occasion, governor assured his cooperation to resolve these problems and said that development of tribal areas is among topmost priorities of government.
He said that availability of all the needed basic amenities would be ensured to tribal people and added that funds would be released to local government representatives aiming initiation of developmental work at grass root level.
Haji Ghulam Ali said that NADRA officials would be contacted to provide mobile registration van for Shagai till establishment of proper NADRA office in that area. He also urged tribal elders to focus education of their children including girls and added that students of merged districts were being provided scholarships to get higher education and to play due role in development of their areas.
Later, KP Governor also chaired a meeting to decide matters about land demarcation between Agriculture University Peshawar and University of Engineering and Technology Mardan.
The meeting was also attended by Vice Chancellor Agriculture University, Professor Dr. Bakhat Jehan and Professor Dr. Imran Khan of Engineering University.
