Peshawar
The University of Peshawar arranged one-day workshop on the 20-year master plan and vision of the city of Peshawar, which was organized by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of the University of Peshawar in collaboration with the district administration.
The workshop was held at Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Archives Auditorium of University of Peshawar and was attended by planning officers of all departments including the Planning & Development Department.
Addressing the inaugural session of the workshop, Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) Syed Zafar Ali Shah said that Peshawar has been a trade route of Central Asian states since ancient times. It is historical city with rich Gandhara civilization that in the past was famous for its natural beauty, called the city of flowers and gardens, but today it is suffering from various problems, he added. He eulogised the decision of the provincial government to prepare a master plan for Peshawar with a vision for the next 20 years. He said that the participation of concerned intellectuals and people from cross section of life is essential to make Peshawar the most beautiful, peaceful, prosperous and environmentally friendly city as per the expectations of the people dwelling here.
“We all have a huge debt to pay to this city in shape of modernizing it’s infrastructure and reviving its past glory”,
Syed Zafar Ali Shah maintained and urged the planners to keep in view the strengths, weaknesses, future needs, problems and concerns of the city as well as all aspects of utilization of potential opportunities in evolving the 2-decade long master plan and formulate the most effective policy for brisk implementation. He also underlined the role of media in addressing the core issues of this historical metropolitan city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and making the master plan a complete success in all respects.
Earlier, Syed Akhtar Ali Shah, Chairman, Urban and Regional Planning Department, University of Peshawar, revealed in the workshop that Peshawar Vision 2040 would consist of four major parts whereas the interactive feedback from the public, opinion leaders and intellectuals would also be an integral part of it. The event was also addressed by the Deputy Commissioner Peshawar and the Registrar of the University of Peshawar who assured full cooperation on behalf of the district administration and all the universities in the preparation of the visionary master plan for Peshawar city.
