CM terms merger of FATA a turning point in the development tribal people
\n PESHAWAR
\nChief Minister Mahmood Khan said on Friday that merger of erstwhile FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a turning point in the development and prosperity of the tribal people, saying the sustainable development of tribal districts was the top priority of the provincial government.
\nMahmood Khan said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial government had left no stone unturned for the development and rehabilitation of the merged districts.
\n\u201cThe federal government wants to sabotage the ongoing development process by withholding the rights of the province, which is an undemocratic behavior and blatant injustice with the people of the province, especially the newly merged districts,\u201d he added.
\nHe made it clear that out of the development budget of Rs 55 billion for the merged districts, only Rs 5 billion has been provided so far whereas out of the current budget of Rs 85 billion, only 60 billion has been released.
\nHe was addressing a meeting of the elected public representatives from the newly merged districts here at Chief Minister house, Peshawar.
\nEx federal minister for religious affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, provincial ministers Anwar Zeb and Iqbal Wazir, other members of National and Provincial Assemblies from NMDs attended the meeting.
\nAddressing the participants, the Chief Minister said that the provincial government has successfully completed the merger process despite numerous challenges.
\n\u201cIn most of the merged districts, the provincial government had to start from zero because no attention was paid to the development of these areas in the past\u201d, he said and added that a new era of development has been started in the merged districts by introducing special development programs for redressing the decades-long deprivations of the tribal people.
\nChief Minister said that the incumbent provincial government has taken concrete steps to bring the people of the newly merged districts into mainstream adding that after the merger of erstwhile FATA into KP, provincial departments have been extended to the newly merged districts and a special development program has been initiated with the sole purpose to address their longstanding deprivations.
\nThe Chief Minister said that the incumbent provincial government, during the last four years, has taken multiple steps resulting in significant improvement in the overall services delivery system.
\nDespite multiple challenges, the provincial government has proved that it is not only committed to the development and prosperity of tribal districts but has gone beyond its capacity for this purpose. \u201cAbsorption of Levies and Khasadars into regular police, regularization of ex-FATA project employees and provision of medical equipment and emergency medicine are among the important initiatives completed by his government,\u201d CM-KP maintained.
\nBesides, significant measures have also been taken in the education sector including provision of scholarships to male and female students of merged districts, recruitment of new teachers, solarization of schools, construction of playgrounds, establishment and upgradation of educational institutions alongside establishing science and IT laboratories. Other important steps taken in the merged areas include; construction and rehabilitation of roads, establishment of micro hydro plants, construction of new grid stations, installation of transformers and feeders etc.
\nSimilarly, he said that visible steps have been taken in other sectors including industries, tourism, agriculture, irrigation, and law & justice.
\nMr Khan regretted that the federal government has gone all out to sabotage the development process in the province.
\n If the \u2018imported rulers\u2019 are not willing or incapable to work for the development of merged areas, they should refrain from creating obstacles for the provincial government. he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CM terms merger of FATA a turning point in the development tribal people PESHAWAR Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said on Friday that merger of erstwhile FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a turning point in the development and prosperity of the tribal people, saying the sustainable development of tribal districts was the top priority of the provincial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[239,12032,2380],"class_list":{"0":"post-305896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-mahmood-khan","9":"tag-sustainable-uplift","10":"tag-tribal-districts"},"yoast_head":"\n