A review meeting on development projects of Swabi district was held under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shahab Ali Shah in Planning and Development Department today. In the light of the development vision of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan, meetings are being held in the P&D department on the progress of development projects in different districts to ensure timely completion of projects.
CPEC is a symbol of Pak China friendship & KP Govt under the leadership of Mahmood Khan Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to make it a success. Rashakai Economic Zone, Suki Kinari & Hakla-D.I. Khan motorway are our flagship CPEC projects. Under the dynamic leadership of CM Mahmood Khan we will be able to get Peshawar – D.I.Khan and Dir Motorway also included in CPEC. ACS KP Shahab Ali Shah visited China Window Center in Peshawar to mark the Pakistan 75th Independence Day celebrations.
KP Government approved Rs 70 crore ring road improvement plan to ease traffic congestion.Under the vision of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Mahmood Khan for development plan, approval of the plan for improvement of southern part of Peshawar Ring Road will reduce traffic congestion in Peshawar city and facilitate transportation of citizens.
There are vast investment opportunities in Pakistan and the government is committed to provide opportunities to investors. In this regard, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has started preparations for the expo to be held in Dubai. Yesterday, a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan had worked out a plan of action for the preparation of the expo in the light of which the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has taken steps. Expo to be held in January – 192 countries including Pakistan are participating in the expo. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will prepare its recommendations regarding the expo and send them to the federal government. Broader investment opportunities in Pakistan will be highlighted globally. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government will present various investment-critical projects at the Dubai Expo, which are being finalized. In the light of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan’s vision, projects related to tourism, energy, industry, infrastructure and IT will be presented to attract international investors. Traditional Pakistani products will also be on display at the expo. In the meeting chaired by the Additional Chief Secretary KP Shahab Ali Shah in the P&D department, instructions were issued to the concerned departments on the preparations for the Dubai Expo. The meeting was held online due to Corona SOPs.
Advisory Committee Meeting of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) held today to ensure timely development results and impactful outcome. KP Government and MDTF team jointly reviewed the MDTF funded projects in KP with the aim of increasing the pace of project implementation and ensuring maximum utilization of grant money.
The meeting which was held through video link reviewed implementation challenges and agreed time bound action plans with a view to improve pubic service delivery in the best interest of people of the province.
Planning and Development Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the help of Governance and Policy Project has acquired new equipments for the district setup of GIS Cell.
Handing over ceremony of the equipments held in P&D Department today.
This handover aims to support the improvement of the capacity of GIS set-up & resource center of P&D. The main objective of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Resource Center is to help Government in decision making by providing accurate and timely information about developmental schemes.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government continues journey from promises to fulfillment: Approval of development projects in the light of Chief Minister Mehmood Khan’s instructions. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan directed to complete the northern part of Peshawar Ring Road as soon as possible. On the direction of the Chief Minister, the Provincial Development Working Party meeting approved the unfinished section of the northern part of Ring Road. The northern part of Ring Road consists of 8.70 km from Warsak Road to Nasir Bagh Road. The ring road from Warsak Road to Nasir Bagh will consist of 6 lanes and will be equipped with a service road. The total cost of the project is Rs. 16 billion which will be sent for CDWP approval. Billions of rupees have been saved. Completion of the project will reduce traffic congestion in Peshawar city – the project includes construction of three bridges, two underpasses, flyover at Warsak Road Ring Road, flyover at Regi Plosai Road The meeting approved 20 projects worth Rs 29 billion. Other notable projects include setting up of 10 police stations, 3 check posts at a cost of Rs 1.35 billion in Malakand Division, Rs 1.3 billion in Harpur for the promotion of information technology in the province. Digital City to be set up at the cost of Rs. Flow will help Road approval from Katling Bazaar to Mardan at a cost of Rs 3.3 billion which will benefit 4 lakh population The approved project of 16 km Kohat Road from Warsak Left Canal to Shamshuto Bilateral Road will also cost Rs 2 billion. Under Skill Development Program at a cost of Rs. 1.4 billion in integrated districts, 5500 persons would be given Skill Development Program in Tourism, Technical, IT, Business.
Chief Minister Mehmood Khan directed to complete the northern part of Peshawar Ring Road as soon as possible to solve the traffic problems of Peshawar city.
Accelerated Skills Development program for the people of merged areas approved at a cost of PKR 1.4 Billion. Training will be imparted to 5500 individuals in the field of Tourism, IT, Businesses, Technical skills to enhance their capacity.
Kulader flyover in Charsadda to ease traffic congestion, approved by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government.
Under the visionary leadership of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan the incumbent government has devised a uniform development strategy for all districts of the province.
The Additional Chief Secretary, Shahab Ali Shah met with the Country Director World Food Programme (WFP), Chris Kaye at the Planning and Development Department today.
The meeting discussed areas of mutual interest & different food assistance initiatives aims at elimination of hunger and poverty in the region.
Uplift and beautification projects worth over Rs. 5.5 billion have been completed in 6 divisional headquarters of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Work is underway on the uplift and beautification of all divisional headquarters in the light of the directives of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan.
A review meeting was held in the Planning and Development Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regarding beautification and uplift projects of 6 Divisional Headquarters of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The meeting was chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shehab Ali Shah. All the concerned Deputy Commissioners attended the meeting through video link. Under the project, projects worth over Rs. 5.5 billion have been completed in all the divisional headquarters so far. Under the beautification projects of the divisional headquarters, work is underway on 282 schemes.
Projects include rehabilitation of roads in all divisional headquarters, street lights, green belts, sidewalks, monuments, parks, gates, upgrade of sports grounds, closure of canals, construction and repair of streets and drainage projects. The meeting was informed that under the project, 37 projects have been implemented in Abbottabad, 69 projects in Bannu, 57 projects in Dera Ismail Khan, 43 projects in Kohat, 37 projects in Mardan and 61 projects in Swat. An additional Rs. 94 crore has been earmarked this year for beautification of Divisional Headquarters