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Peshawar: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed the government servants and Tehsildars to mend their ways otherwise they would be given saviour punishment and disciplinary action would be initiated against them. “Delaying the public service created the sense of deprivation among the people and that is the widened schism and the trust deficit between the public sector institutions and public”. The government would no longer allow any delusion and deceit. The public servants should ensure responsiveness to the public service otherwise the next most option before the government would be to show such elements creating hurdles, would be shown the door, he added.
He was addressing a function for the home based delivery services launched by the district government in its Hall Peshawar. Special Assistant to CM on IT Kamran Bangash, District Nazim Peshawar Arbab Asim, MPAs, District Nazimeen, Commissioner Peshawar, Deputy Commissioner Peshawar and other prominent figures were also present at the occasion.
Addressing the gathering the Chief Minister said that the government was going all out for providing efficient services to the people and the home based delivery of services is a milestone in this regard and it is more important for the People of Peshawar that will resolve the people grievances related to the commutation, domicile and other related services. The government was taking curative steps making the public sector institutions responsive to mitigating the public complaints. The promises made with the people would be resolved, he added.
Directing the Tehsildars to make the whole commutation process free of irritants and cumbersome situation, the Chief Minister warned stern actions if they failed. His government believed in the home based delivery of services system and congratulated the people of Peshawar to have it in the first go adding that the provincial government would ensure practically serving the people as our vision is the complete redressal of people grievances. We would continue for a complete change and would never compromise on it adding that his government was fully accountable to the people. Dozens of legislations have been made that included RTI, RTS and others of the sort in order to make the whole system of governance transparent and ensure the people accessibility to the services. He said that there would be no decision making on favoritism and personal likes and dislikes. The land computerization was undertaken in Mardan because the people had to face a number of problems and now it would be extended to other districts of the province. He appreciated the district government and district administration Peshawar for implementing the government decisions for the public welfare.
The Chief Minister asked the people to pinpoint any corruption in the commutation and other allied services. They would have biometric system and deposit the tax Challan directly in the Bank that would rescue them and the system free from fraud etc. There would be a number of steps that included visits of Tehsildar, video conference and facebook page that would make the entire process transparent. Revenue Cell has been established in Deputy Commissioner Office Peshawar for the land related process. It is a unique system and hopefully we would extend it to the whole of the province, he added.
Earlier addressing the function District Nazim Peshawar Arbab Asim said that the district government would stand committed to the resolution of people grievances at local level. We would make decisions on merit and the system would be transparent at district level that would be visible in the whole decision making process for the public welfare at district level, he added.
Furthermore Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has assured the extension of efficient healthcare and educational facilities to the newly seven merged districts of erstwhile FATA. The schools would be made functional, the weaknesses in schools and hospitals would be overcome and the staff deficiency would be filled and the schools and hospital devastated by the war on terror would be reconstructed and rehabilitated on emergency basis. There would be an overall recovery plan for mainstreaming the seven new districts merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He was presiding over a meeting on the extension of efficient services in health, education and other social sectors in the seven newly merged districts of the erstwhile FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Chief Minister Secretariat Peshawar. Minister Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Special Assistant to CM on Education Ziaullah Bangash, Senators of Merged districts, MNAs, Provincial government spokesman Ajmal Khan Wazir, administrative secretaries, Special Secretary to CM Muhammad Khaliq and others attended.
Addressing the meeting the Chief Minister said that he will personally visit the FATA University to see and assess the arrangements and facilities so far made. He said that the provincial government would plan the efficient use of Rupees hundred billion pledged package by the federal government for mainstreaming the seven newly merged districts. We would work on emergency basis in all sectors and the problems of FATA University would be resolved on emergency basis.
Mahmood Khan assured the establishment of new schools and hospitals on need basis in order to facilitate the people needing these facilities. He directed the education department to visit the tribal areas and prepare a roadmap for the establishment of colleges and schools in different new districts. The government would provide resources and necessary staffing for the full utilization of institutions in both sectors. He directed to make functional all colleges in the new districts. There should be a separate plan for each college in order to provide teachers.
The Chief Minister directed the IMU to visit the educational institutions in the new districts and prepare a plan to overcome the deficiency and weaknesses and take action against the fake and ghost staff. He also directed the IMU to monitor all educational institutions including commerce college, technical colleges and other educational institutions. The existing system of education in the province would be extended to the new districts. He assured that the system of education would attract the parents to send their kids for quality education after merger.
He directed the health department to plan their own scheme for creating healthcare facilities in the new districts. The old system should go and it would be replaced by the new system in vogue in the province in order to resolve all health related problems in the new districts. He called upon the elected representatives to carry out persuasive and motivational interactions for the promotion of education in the new districts. The provincial Ministers would also visits these new districts and the efforts of the government should be supplemented by the elected representatives both MNAs and senators who would be taken onboard in the establishment of new schools and hospitals. He directed the health department to ensure the posting of doctors having domicile of the newly merged districts. The MNAs and senators of the new districts should with the secretary health to find out durable solution of all the weaknesses and deficiencies. Earlier the meeting was briefed about the existing facilities teachers and doctors in education and healthcare units.
