Mahmood Khan visits Battagram, inaugurates development projects
\n PESHAWAR
\nChief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Thursday announced to establish a new administrative division in the name of \u201cAbaseen\u201d by splitting Hazara Division and create a new Zone-6 comprising few districts of Malakand and Hazara Divisions.
\nHe made this announcement while addressing a public gathering at Battagram during his visit to the district.
\nHe said that the notification to give status of district to tehsil Allai would also be issued after local bodies elections.
\nDuring his visit to District Battagram, the chief minister inaugurated various development projects worth Rs. 210 million cumulatively.
\nThe inaugurated projects include Maidan-Karwar road, Battagram Paimal Road, Kakarshang RCC Bridge and two Mini Hydro Power Projects having a total capacity of 550 KV. These Hydro Power projects will provide locally generated electricity at cheap rates to 650 households, Masajids, healthcare units and shops.
\nHighlighting the priorities of his government, the chief minister said that health and education have been the priority sectors of the incumbent provincial government and curative steps were being taken to boost these sectors.
\nHe said that work was in progress on the up-gradation and revamping of 35 district headquarters hospitals of the province.
\nBesides he said that efforts were underway to overcome the shortage of doctors, paramedical staff and equipment in all district headquarters hospitals adding that new teacher staff was being recruited to fulfill the requirements of teaching staff in schools while Rs. 6 billion have been earmarked in the current budget for the provision of new furniture to schools.
\nHe said that the government was also working to raise the standard of public sector schools to provide uniform learning facilities to all students.
\nMahmood Khan said that introducing a uniform curriculum in the country was an extraordinary achievement of Prime Minister Imran Khan which will be helpful to eliminate class difference among students in the country.
\nHe said that another unique project \u201cEducation Card\u201d would soon be launched to provide financial assistance to talented and deserving students of the province thus imparting free and quality higher education to the children of middle class households.
\nHe further stated that the incumbent government was going all out to overcome the recent wave of inflation and to give relief to the general public adding that \u201cEhsaas Food Card\u201d would be launched shortly.
\nHe said that at present multiple development projects worth Rs. 7 billion were in progress in district Battagram, whereas more development schemes would be initiated in the district within the next two years.
\nBashing the opposition, crying over inflation, the chief minister said that current inflation was the result of flawed economic policies of previous incompetent rulers adding that incumbent government paid $21 billion as interest on the loans borrowed by the previous rulers.
\nHe said that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held a public gathering at Peshawar the other day but he could not gather even 3000 people from all over Pakistan.
\nHe lamented that people of Sindh do not even have clean drinking water and Chief Minister Sindh was holding a public gathering in Peshawar. He said that so called politicians who were calling Imran Khan \u201cselected\u201d were themselves incompetent and selected.
\nMahmood Khan said that people of this province had expressed their full confidence in PTI during the general elections of 2013 and 2018 adding that these people would stand by PTI in the upcoming general elections.
\nProvincial Cabinet Members Shaukat Yousafzai, Taj Muhammad Tarand, ex Provincial Minister Mohammad Yousaf Khan Tarand and others also addressed the public gathering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mahmood Khan visits Battagram, inaugurates development projects PESHAWAR Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Thursday announced to establish a new administrative division in the name of \u201cAbaseen\u201d by splitting Hazara Division and create a new Zone-6 comprising few districts of Malakand and Hazara Divisions. He made this announcement while addressing a public gathering at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n