Under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Ikramullah Khan, a meeting was held to discuss “The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Systems Strengthening Program”. The program’s aim is to improve the quality of secondary hospital services and increase access to essential health services in the region. During the meeting, the Additional Chief Secretary was briefed about the program.
A training, at divisional headquarter level, was organized by GIS Hub, Planning and Development Department with the support of Governance & Policy Project for Merged Districts to train the line departments on GIS Decision Support System. This system is currently used to collect all departmentsâ data and then to use it for improved decision making, avoid duplication of work, and informed decisions in the appraisal process of ADP schemes.
In the first phase 25 trainees of line departments from Peshawar, Mohmand, Khyber, Mardan, Swabi, Charsadda and Nowshera are participating in the two days long training.
The reconstruction of Government Higher Secondary School Akbarpura, Nowshera has been completed. American Ambassador Donald Bloom, Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ikramullah Khan, Secretary Education, Director General PDMA, Director PDMA and other senior officials participated in the inauguration ceremony. .
PDMA Parsa managed by USAID reached its flood-affected completion. This flagship project was completed with the financial support of donor agency USAID at a cost of 160 million rupees. The school is spread over 23 canals of land, which includes a two-storied academic block (26 classrooms), three science laboratories, a computer laboratory, a sports hall, an auditorium, an administration block, and lavatory blocks. The number of students in the school is currently 1200. The school provides special attention to the needs of the special children
Provincial Committee for Census meeting was chaired by Chief Secretary Imdadullah Bosal. The meeting was attended by the concerned officials including the provincial census commissioner, additional chief secretary, and administrative secretaries. According to the briefing, the chief secretary instructed to provide adequate facilities to the census staff. Â He said that all stakeholders involved in the census should take steps to play a meaningful role and that the cooperation between enumerators and respondents is essential for a successful census. He further added that census is a best practice for comprehensive planning, development, and resource allocation and that it will enable access to quality data. The chief secretary was briefed that the census will continue from March 1 to April 1. This is the first digital census in the history of Pakistan. The facility of self-enumeration has also been given to the citizens. The census staff will go door to door and register all individuals and families.
The World Bank’s Country Director, Mr. Najy Benhasin called on Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Ikramullah Khan to review the World Bank portfolio. The meeting was also attended by Secretaries of line departments. Interventions in roads, health, energy & power, tourism, and agriculture sector were discussed in detail. During the meeting, it was agreed to enhance cooperation.
The Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Imdadullah Bosal, chaired a meeting to discuss the development priorities of the province, including merged districts. The meeting was attended by the Additional Chief Secretary, Secretary Planning and Development Department, Secretary Finance, and other relevant officials. The meeting included a comprehensive briefing on the current status of the province’s development portfolio.
