A review meeting on BRT chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shakeel Qadir Khan was held in P&D Department KP. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Peshawar, Secretary Transport, Trans Peshawar officials, P&D officials, traffic officials. Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit has highest daily ridership of 174,224 in February 2021. Opening of feeder routes is increasing the ridership of BRT. 30 more new buses will be launched from the third week of March. A total of 418 old vehicles will be scrapped. So far 40 old buses have been destroyed. Four of the old wagons will be renovated and used for tourism purposes.
Bureau of Statistics Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been annually releasing Development Statistics since 1980. The publication is based upon secondary data and contains latest and comprehensive statistics on a wide array of subjects with district-wise breakdown. After promulgation of 25 th Amendment, the sector wise data of merged districts have also been reflected in this publication. Statistical Abstracts highlighting comparative picture of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Pakistan have been given in the outset of the publication, while glossary of the terms used in the report has been provided at the end. In some cases national level data with provincial breakdown have also been incorporated to enable data users to make comparative analysis of national, provincial and district level data. Bureau of Statistics is extremely thankful to the Provincial Line Departments, District Governments and other data generating organizations for their cooperation in supplying requisite data for this publication. The team efforts of the staff of Bureau of Statistics in producing this publication are highly appreciated. It is hoped, that the publication will best serve the needs of policymakers, planners, academia, researchers and other data users in context of evidence–based planning, decision – making and quantitative analysis.
There is a growing interest among policymakers and development planners to take decisions and make viable choices amid competing priorities based upon a broad suit of relevant and credible statistical data on varied dimensions of social and economic development. Social and economic indicators in general form an important part of the information required to determine how well a region/country is progressing on economic and social trajectory, identify regional and gender disparities and support the process of planning, monitoring and research. Adhering to the emerging needs of a wide spectrum of the data users and fulfilling its obligation for being the data producing entity at the provincial level, the Bureau of Statistics is pleased to take an opportunity of publishing its annual report titled “Important District-wise Socio-Economic Indicators of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2020“, which is 27th in the series and contains the latest available data with the overarching objective to facilitate decision makers, planners and other development partners by equipping them with the essential data on socio-economic aspects of the province in a user’s friendly mode. I sincerely appreciate the valuable support extended by the line departments, district governments and other data generating organizations for timely providing the data deemed essential for publication of this report. I also place on record my thanks to the officers and staff of the Bureau of Statistics for their tenacity and dedication in preparation of this important document.
The Bank of Khyber opens Corporate & Commercial Raast Islamic Banking Branch at Industrial Estate Hayatabad, Peshawar. Honorable Additional Chief Secretary Govt of KP & Chairman BOK Board of Directors Mr.Shakeel Qadir Khan was the chief guest on the occasion, the inauguration ceremony was also attended by Senator Mohsin aziz along with other leading industrialist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Secretary Finance KP & BoK officials.
The Raast Islamic Banking Corporate & Commercial Banking branch will provide financing facilities to all growing businesses in the industrial estate.
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Chairman Board of Directors Bank of Khyber, Additional Chief Secretary Govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shakeel Qadir Khan speech at inaugural ceremony of BoK Hayatabad Industrial Estate Branch
Bank Of Khyber posts historic Profit of Rs.3.8 Billion in 2020, registers extraordinary growth in challenging times.
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Khyber (BOK) held their 165th meeting at Peshawar to approve financial results for the year 2020. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Shakeel Qadir Khan, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and chairman BOK Board of Directors.
The Bank closed year with historic profit before tax (PBT) of Rs. 3,806 million, whereas profit after tax (PAT) with rise of 64% and stood at Rs. 2,151million as compared to Rs. 1,306 million for the same period of 2019.
The Bank maintained strong payout to shareholders declaring dividends of Rs.1.5 billion for year 2020 (Rs.1.5 per share) along with bonus shares at 5%. Earnings per share was at Rs.2.1 as compared to Rs.1.3 in 2019. Deposits registered a growth of 11.47 % and increased to Rs. 203,071 million, advances reached Rs. 129,063 million whereas Investments closed at Rs. 113,478 million for 2020.
“Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Figures” is an annual brochure released regularly by Bureau of Statistics, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The current brochure is 28 th in its series. The brochure is based on secondary data and contains latest data on socio-economic sectors. I hope that this pocket size booklet will best serve the needs of policy makers, planners, administrators, development partners, academia, researchers and other data users in the context of evidence based planning and informed decision making. I would like to appreciate the teamwork put in by the staff of Bureau of Statistics Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in bringing out this brochure and the cooperation extended by the Line Departments for provision of data.
A special meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Shakeel Qadir Khan the Additional Chief Secretary P&D Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 7th April, 2021 through video link. The meeting was attended by members of PDWP and concerned department. The forum considered 05 schemes pertaining to Water sector for the uplift of the province. The forum approved/cleared all the schemes with an estimated cost of Rs. 4,225.574 million for inclusion in the PSDP 2021-22. The details of schemes approved are as under:
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Sector
Name of Scheme
1
Water
Construction of Shahu Khel, Ouch Bazar Gravity Flow Irrigation Scheme in District Hangu
2
Water
Construction of Manchura Dam Project District Mansehra
3
Water
Construction/Improvement of Canal Patrol Roads, Flood Protection Works and Civil Channels in District Malakand
4
Water
Construction/Improvement of New Michni / ICHRI Canal systems along with allies infrastructure Irrigation Patrol Roads and Installation of Solar Based Irrigation Tube Wells at Required Locations in Tehsil Shabqadar District Charsadda
5
Water
Construction/Improvement of Canal Infrastructure along with Canal Patrol roads of Lower Swat Canal, Abazai Canal and Drainage Systems and Installation of Solar Based Irrigation Tube Wells at Required Locations in Tehsil Tangi District Charsadda
Line Departments from South Waziristan District participating in Training on Public Procurement and Contract Management at District HQ. Training is part of a program to develop capacity of district administration and line departments in Public Procurement and Contract Management under Governance & Policy Project for Merged Areas. Total 31 Officials including 2 women from C&W, Health, Education, Local Government, Irrigation, Forest, Tehsil Municipal Administrations, Food, PMRU and District Administration are participating in the training.
Total of seven (08) trainings including One Orientation/ Launching Workshop and six (07) district level trainings are including in the program. So far 192 including 19 women Officials from Merged Areas have participated in Six (06) three days long comprehensive trainings delivered in collaboration with KP PPRA.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan] Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out during 2016-17 by Bureau of Statistics (BoS) Planning and Development Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in collaboration with United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) . It was conducted as part of the 5th global round of MICS. Major funding was provided by the government of KP through Annual Development Programme. UNICEF provided technical support.
The global MICS programme was developed by UNICEF in the 1990s as international household survey programme to collect internationally comparable data on wide range of indicators on situation of children and women. MICS surveys measure key indicators that allow countries to generate data for use in polices and programmes, and to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and other internationally agreed up commitments. MICS is flexible to adjust country specific indicators to meet planning needs such as KP-MICS, 2016-17 also collected data on ‘safety net’.
The objective of this report is to facilitate dissemination and use of findings from the KP-MICS 2016-17. This is the final survey report which contains detailed information on all survey findings by various demographic, social, economic, and cultural characteristics.