PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led government and previous governments looted the national exchequer and transferred the looted money abroad and still kept on asking the foreign investors for investment.
Addressing a public gathering in Pattan during his daylong visit to Kohistan district, the chief minister announced a package for the area, which includes a cadet college, technical training centre, provision of 4 ambulances, upgradation of two BHUs to the status of rural health centres, upgradation of Pattan high school to the status of higher secondary school, provision of 50KV generator, rehabilitation of irrigation channels damaged by flood and other schemes.
The chief minister assured that Kohistan district would get its budget, adding that Rs550 million had been released, out of which Rs60 million would be provided for drinking water. He directed the district administration to prepare PC-1 for rehabilitation of irrigation channels, roads and water supply damaged by the recent floods and directed to put on ground these schemes within a month.
The chief minister also inaugurated the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Pattan, completed at a cost of Rs304 million, having 100 beds and separate OPD for men and women.
The hospital has a doctor hostel, nursing hostel, administration block, 10 residential houses C-type, five residential houses B-type, six other residential houses and five houses for medical officers. The newly constructed hospital also has gynae block, operation theatre and other allied facilities and services.
He also inaugurated blacktopping and widening of 4km long Pattan Bazaar road in Kohistan district that will cost Rs104 million.
The chief minister’s advisor Abdul Haq, PTI leader Zar Gul Khan and MPA Shaukat Yousafzai also spoke on the occasion.
The chief minister said, “The PTI has launched a Jihad against the loot and plunder, corruption and nepotism that would end on October 30 October, and people would then throng Islamabad for Ehtesab of rulers.”
He said that politics of loot and plunder was over, adding that the PTI had one point agenda for change, which would be accomplished with support of people.
Pervez Khattak said that when he joined PTI, he never thought of becoming chief minister but when he was given the responsibilities, he started delivering under the vision of Imran Khan.
He said that his government evolved a uniform developmental strategy for the province and underdeveloped areas were getting more resources than developed ones.
He said the World Bank and Asian Development Bank agreed to support the provincial ADP.
He regretted that public sector institutions were politicised through whimsical decisions in the past that destroyed the whole system. “Now we have revamped the education and health sectors and depoliticised policing that started delivering,” he added.
He said tourism would be promoted in Kohistan and assured playgrounds in the area subject to the provision of lands by the locals.
