F.P. Report
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan Monday held telephonic conversation with public who visited Police stations and Patwar Khanas in different cases and inquired regarding malpractices and the quality of service delivery.
The Chief Minister called people randomly from a list of visitors to police stations and Patwar Khanas and also issued directives for legal action where the public feedback was unsatisfactory.
Separately, the Chief Minister also chaired a meeting of all Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners of the province in which he directed that public representatives should be made part of Khuli Kacheries whereas stern monitoring of Patwaries throughout the province should be ensured in order to root out malpractices and facilitate public in a timely manner.
The Chief Minister univocally stated that the provincial government will not tolerate negligence in public services delivery directing that various issues have surfaced in the computerization of land records in district Mardan which should be addressed promptly.
He stated that pragmatic steps should be undertaken to facilitate public in all matters related to Revenue Department.
Regarding the development projects, the Chief Minister directed the Deputy Commissioners to undertake continues monitoring of developmental schemes ensuring their quality and also directed that the work on traffic management plan for the divisional headquarters should be expedited.
He also directed that centralized team of all concerned departments should be constituted for inspection of edible items instead of separate inspections and imposition of fines which is creating nuisance.
He directed the Deputy Commissioners to functionalize complaint cells at districts level along with extension of Revenue Darbars to all the districts on the pattern of Peshawar.
Similarly, he also directed for the extension of Peshawar Revival Plan to all the districts of the province and appointment of an officer for monitoring and follow up of clean and green drive to give periodical reports regarding all the activities undertaken in lieu of the drive.
He also directed that the acquisition of land for developmental activities should be streamlined.
The meeting was also attended by Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr. Kazim Niaz, Additional Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadar, Principal Secretary to CM Shahab Ali Shah, Senior Member Board of Revenue, Secretary Relief, Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners of the Province and others.
