PESHAWAR
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that the incumbent provincial government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has taken pragmatic steps for public welfare as per Chairman Imran Khan’s vision for the establishment of a social welfare state.
The provincial government remains steadfast in its mission of improving quality and coverage of public service delivery and contributing to the national economy, he added.
In a statement issued here from Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Mr Khan maintained PTI has emerged one of the most popular parties in the country on the basis of its reformation agenda.
KP government introduced Sehat Card Plus, uniform academic curriculum, revamping and rehabilitation of healthcare centres, establishment of service delivery centres, provision of honorarium to Aaima Masajid and religious leaders of minorities, launching of Insaf Food Card.
The government has introduced reforms introduced in the Patwar system, solarization of Masajid, improvement in the communication network all over the province and many other initiatives under the good governance strategy of the provincial government, he added.
He added that the incumbent government has worked beyond its capacity for the welfare of the public and never compromised on its manifesto regarding investment in human development despite multiple challenges.
Mahmood Khan said that public confidence in the governance strategy of the provincial government has increased significantly.
Since the roll out of the Sehat Card initiative, over 1.4 million people have availed free treatment facilities whereas expensive treatments like liver and kidney transplants have also been covered under the Sehat Card scheme to reduce the burden on families of patients.
Moreover, free cochlear implants have also been introduced under which 127 children from different districts of the province will receive treatment. Rs. 1.8 million will be spent on each patient suffering from the said disease. In order to ensure provision of civic facilities to citizens at their doorstep, service delivery centres and citizen facilitation centres have been established where multiple services including issuance of Fard and domicile have been made online.
Additionally, the incumbent provincial government is working on the rehabilitation and upgradation of existing schools alongside the establishment of new schools to provide uniform educational opportunities to people across the province. In addition to this, the government is also establishing model schools where students will be imparted both traditional and religious education.
The provincial government, for the first time in the history of the province, has started an honorarium for religious scholars and solarization of masajid. So far, 6500 masjids have been solarized while conversion of 9000 masjids to solar energy is in the pipeline.
