Peshawar:
KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA, during its 34th meeting held on Friday under the presidency of chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, approved a series of development initiatives and administrative reforms aimed at strengthening infrastructure, health care, public services and pension management throughout the province.
One of the main decisions included the approval of the supply of 50 additional Diesel-Hybrides buses for the Peshawar bus transport system (BRT) at a cost of 3.2 billion rupees.
This decision comes in response to the demand of the growing public and the recent expansion of the BRT roads from six to eight, including new DR-11, DR-13 and DR-14 roads. With this addition, the BRT fleet will develop beyond the current 244 buses, improving the frequency and coverage of services.
The cabinet has also approved the merger of four campuses in the ADP program of the “Zamungkor” model institute for children’s children’s campus, Di Khan, Abbottabad and Peshawar in the main autonomous body based in Peshawar. The merger aims to rationalize operations and improve care at more than 1,000 children currently registered in the facilities.
In an important financial reform, the firm has approved the management of Pak Qatar assets as a 13th asset management company under the rules of the Contributive Provident Fund (CP).
The firm has adopted several legal amendments, including revisions of the 2014 law on the law of public services of the KP. Changes have also been made to Khyber-Pakhtunkh Public Private Partnership Rules 2021, reducing the bidder’s response time from 60 to 30 days, to accelerate the delivery of the project.
Improvements in the health sector have also been priority, the firm approving improved funding for several current projects. These include an increase in the cost of the Category C of Balakot from RS575 million to Rs924,596 million, conversion of 50 rural health centers into 24/7 facilities (1.7 billion rupees), and an upgrade of 200 basic health units for 24 -hour maternal care (2.96 billion rupees). In addition, a subsidy of 346 million rupees was sanctioned for modern equipment at the Peshawar Institute of Cardiology.
The Cabinet ALSO APPROVED A NON-ADP SCHEME WORT RS124 MILLION TO SUMMARY FOR PROVINCIAL Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (PERRA) Staff and Direct the output of Termination Notices To Contract Employees from July 2025. Other approvals included Financial Assistance of RS10 Million for a cancer. Rubab Mehdi as Kp’s Ombudsperson, and Inclusion of Makniyal in Urban Area Development Authority Haripur.
Other allowances included 1.5 billion rupees for the repair of transformers, 1.041 billion rupees for the regulations of PESCO contributions and 400 million rupees for the maintenance of the irrigation sector. The firm has raised a ban on vehicle purchases to authorize two official vehicles for district judges and sessions in Mohmand and Khyber and the approved outsourcing of the tobacco collection (excluding factories).
The cabinet also sanctioned the hiring of a legal advisor for an anti-narcotic case before the Supreme Court and examined the use of land and the commercial mechanisms of wood in Haut Kohistan and the Chitral.
