Modi administration should not play with fire: CM says

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has condemned in the strongest words the aerial space violation of line of control by the Indian Air Force. The Indian should refrain from provocation, export and promotion of terrorism in the region. Each and every Pakistani backed the Pak Armed Forces to safeguard the motherland, he added.

He would give a schedule to the provincial Ministers for visiting the newly merged districts and approved 25 police stations for the 25 sub division of the erstwhile FATA.

He constituted a committee comprising Ministers Law, Finance and Information to look into the establishment of Directorate General Law and submit recommendations in the next cabinet meeting for approval.

He was addressing the Cabinet meeting at Cabinet Room of Civil Secretariat Peshawar. Provincial Ministers, Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary and administrative secretaries attended the cabinet meeting.

The Chief Minister directed to nominate reputable people for including in the boards of different departments adding that his government was committed to the transparency and merit without which the public welfare will be just a hallow slogan, he added.

The Chief Minister condemning the intrusion of Indian Air Force warned it not to espouse wishful thinking. The Pakistani forces has the capacity to safeguard the country and the nation and force a total discomfiture to the enemies. We are aware of the inimical designs of the India adding that the people fully backed their armed forces against the enemy.

He said that the Modi administration should not try to catch the fire and desist from the election tactics adding that it was India promoting terrorism in the region. Their extremist designs have exposed the Indian at international level as well, demanding to stop tyranny and oppression of the innocent Kashmiris.

Mahmood Khan directed to search out reputable and capable persons for induction into the board of different public sector entities which would be passed from the provincial Assembly.

The Chief Minister said that after the merger guided by the constitutional amendments, all the laws and regulation of the public sector entities stayed extended in the newly merged districts. He constituted a committee to look into the anomalies of the regularization of employees. The Committee will comprise Provincial Ministers Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Shaukat Yousafzai and Sultan Muhammad Khan which would submit its recommendations as soon as possible.

Mahmood Khan directed for a structured mechanism for the transfer of institutional knowledge and memories to the predecessors. He highlighted his developmental strategy for the province adding that the major chunk of resources goes to the non developmental expenditure including salaries, pension etc, leaving little for the developmental strategy he assured to drastically cut down the swelling of non developmental expenditures so that we could have fiscal space for the developmental schemes.

He directed to follow the guidelines and undertake extensive homework for the resource generation in order to bring stability to the provincial kitty so that we could allocate resources for the developmental projects throughout the province.

Mahmood Khan said that governance needs rationality and no emotionally driven decisions. We have to follow an approach for public development and prosperity and we have to make welfare oriented decisions. The federal government would start the transfer of resources in the net hydel power and other areas. The AGN Qazi formula can contribute considerably to the strengthening of the fiscal space of the province. He also directed to send a summary for the appointments of MD Tanzeem Lilsail wal Mahroom so that the next cabinet could make a decision. He warned against lethargic attitude and directed the administration department to auction condemned vehicles.