Mahmood Khan directs completion of land acquisition for Cadet College
PESHAWAR
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has said that PTI enjoys popular public and parliamentary support in the province and no-confidence motion of the opposition would be defeated.
In his reaction to the statement of opposition regarding bringing no-confidence against the provincial government here on Saturday, the chief minister said that PTI is fully united and enjoys two-third majority in the provincial assembly. He said that they are united under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The chief minister said that the popularity of PTI and Prime Minister Imran Khan has increased manifold. He said that KP was already the stronghold of PTI and will remain so in future too.
Mahmood Khan was of the opinion that Prime Minister Imran Khan has brought the politics of opposition to end and today they are frightened and making efforts to save their face.
Terming the opposition as a bunch of thieves, which he said neither has a manifesto or any agenda and their efforts are aimed to hide their corruption. He said that the government will not only complete its constitution tenure, rather will also be re-elected in next general elections.
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed the relevant authorities to complete the process of land acquisition for Cadet College in Upper Dir as soon as possible so that physical work on the project could be started well in time.
He issued these directives while chairing a meeting to review progress on development schemes of Dir, said an official handout issued here on Saturday. Concerned administrative secretaries, senior officials of Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority and others attended the meeting.
He also directed the high ups of the Communications and works department to take concrete steps to complete the construction of Chakdara Bypass Road by June this year and said that the provincial government would provide all the required funds for this purpose on priority basis.
While briefing the meeting about the progress on development projects, it was informed that PC-1 costing Rs. 6.9 billion had been prepared for the construction of 44 km road from Patrak to Thal Kumrat in Upper Dir. Similarly, land acquisition process for construction of Talash Kalpanai Bypass Road in Lower Dir was completed.
Moreover, bids had been received for the construction of 30 km long Dir motorway which was being evaluated and the agreement for the project would be signed by mid-August.
The meeting was told that hiring of faculty and other staff for the recently inaugurated Timargara Medical College was underway. Similarly, besides the appointment of project director for the establishment of University of Dir, relevant committees had also been formed for further proceeding of the project.
Touching upon the projects in the sports and tourism sector, it was informed that a site for the establishment of Dir Sports Complex had been identified and PC-1 of the project would be ready by end of this month.
The meeting was informed that progress was also being made on the Panjkora River Left Right Bank Canal project.
The Chief Minister, on the occasion directed the concerned authorities to complete all the projects as per the stipulated timelines and said that no delay would be tolerated in these projects of public welfare.
