{"id":560140,"date":"2026-08-05T09:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=560140"},"modified":"2026-08-05T09:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:52:35","slug":"kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/","title":{"rendered":"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DLP Report<br \/>\nPESHAWAR<br \/>\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Communications and Works Minister Shakil Ahmad on Tuesday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government had approved development projects worth around Rs1.5 billion for Malakand district, particularly PK-23 constituency, with work expected to begin soon.<br \/>\nIn a statement, the provincial minister said the tendering process for the projects had been completed and construction activities would commence shortly while ensuring transparency and quality standards.<br \/>\nHe said the projects included the construction of an important link road from Bakhshali to Falingai, a longstanding demand of local residents. The completion of the road would improve connectivity, reduce travel time and contribute to the growth of the local economy, he added.<br \/>\nMr Shakil said the provincial government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was accelerating development activities across all districts and ensuring fair distribution of resources.<br \/>\nHe said the development of Malakand district remained among the government\u2019s top priorities and all available resources were being utilised to provide basic facilities to the people.<br \/>\nThe minister added that the projects would not only provide modern transport facilities but also create new employment opportunities, contributing to the region\u2019s overall socio-economic development.<br \/>\nHe directed the relevant authorities to complete all schemes within the stipulated timeframe while maintaining quality and transparency. He reiterated that all commitments made to the public would be fulfilled and efforts would continue to take Malakand towards greater development and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DLP Report PESHAWAR Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Communications and Works Minister Shakil Ahmad on Tuesday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government had approved development projects worth around Rs1.5 billion for Malakand district, particularly PK-23 constituency, with work expected to begin soon. In a statement, the provincial minister said the tendering process for the projects had been completed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-peshawar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DLP Report PESHAWAR Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Communications and Works Minister Shakil Ahmad on Tuesday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government had approved development projects worth around Rs1.5 billion for Malakand district, particularly PK-23 constituency, with work expected to begin soon. In a statement, the provincial minister said the tendering process for the projects had been completed [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-05T04:52:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-05T04:52:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":244,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Peshawar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\\\/\",\"name\":\"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-05T04:52:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand","og_description":"DLP Report PESHAWAR Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Communications and Works Minister Shakil Ahmad on Tuesday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government had approved development projects worth around Rs1.5 billion for Malakand district, particularly PK-23 constituency, with work expected to begin soon. In a statement, the provincial minister said the tendering process for the projects had been completed [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2026-08-05T04:52:35+00:00","author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand","datePublished":"2026-08-05T04:52:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/"},"wordCount":244,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Peshawar"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/","name":"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-08-05T04:52:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/kp-govt-approves-rs1-5bn-development-projects-for-malakand\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"KP govt approves Rs1.5bn development projects for Malakand"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560151,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560140\/revisions\/560151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}