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KP govt decides not to name public places, projects after individuals - thenews.com.pk

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided that no public place and project built with the public money would be named after any individual.



It also formed a three-member ministerial committee to propose austerity measures for bringing down public expenses in the province.Briefing the media after the 8th provincial cabinet meeting that was chaired by Chief Minister Pervez Khattak here on Monday, Information Minister Shah Farman said it was decided that projects and public places like parks, bridges, hospitals, roads, etc that are built with public money would not be named after any individual. He added that decision on the matter of placing inauguration plaques on projects by ministers, etc would be placed before the provincial assembly for debate.



The cabinet approved austerity measures to discourage unnecessary expenditures and formed a committee comprising of Senior Minister Sirajul Haq, Minister for Agriculture Shahram Khan Tarakai and Information Minister Shah Farman to give proposals to the government for bringing down public expenses.



Shah Farman said the Health Department was directed to recruit doctors under contractual arrangements to expeditiously overcome the shortfall of doctors in health sector institutions. He added that vacant posts such as leave and deputation vacancies would also be filled on contractual basis.



He said the cabinet stressed on expediting computerisation of land record where it was already in progress and start the process in all districts across the province for which resources would be provided in the next fiscal year.



“The cabinet also resolved to make proper legislation on usury and approved prohibition of usurious loans bills and called for making it comprehensive and unambiguous to provide relief to those falling victim to this curse,” the minister explained.



The minister maintained that usury is against the Islamic laws and ideology and the cabinet decided to carry out proper legislation on the subject.Shah Farman said that no government advertisements would in future have pictures of any public officeholder. He said the cabinet directed all the public sector institutions to route advertisements through the provincial Information Department.



In response to a question, Shah Farman said the cabinet, however, did not take any decision on the projects already named after various personalities in the province.The cabinet imposed ban on illegal cutting of forests till a transparent and foolproof mechanism is evolved by a task force formed for the purpose, the minister said.



He said the cabinet approved Rs500 million for monthly stipends to unemployed youth of all public sector institutions holding master’s degree.“Additional funds would be provided if the number of students increased. The students of madaris (seminaries) having first division in their degrees equivalent to master’s degree would also be given stipends on merit,” he stated.



The minister said the cabinet had agreed to make legislation for running the affairs of Auqaf, Hajj, Religious and Minority Affairs Department in pursuance of the 18th Amendment of the Constitution.

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Chinese firm to set up metal processing unit in Risalpur


A Chinese mining firm has acquired 44 kanals at the Export Promotion Zone in Risalpur, near here, for establishing a metal processing unit with an initial investment of $30 million, according to an official handout released on Friday.

A visiting delegation of Pearl River Mining Private Limited, led by its chief executive officer Wang Liang, called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and apprised him of the progress made on setting up the processing unit at Risalpur.

The Chinese delegation informed the chief minister that the processing unit would hire 400 employees from among the local people. “With the setting up of the mining factory, copper salphite, copper oxide, lead, silver, gold, zinc and antimony used in electronics would be exploited in Upper and Lower Dir, Chitral, Kohistan and Hazara districts, Gilgit and Wazirstan areas and transported to the factory for purification,” according to the handout.

The EPZ, Risalpur, is a federal government initiative and investments from abroad and from within the country are processed by the federal ministry of commerce, according to a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Talking to officials of the Chinese firm, the chief minister expressed satisfaction about the progress made so far in setting up the factory and assured his government’s cooperation in pursuing their business endeavours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He termed it a good omen for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its people, hoping more foreign investors would take a cue from the Chinese firm and invest in the natural resource sector of the province to take benefit of its vast potential.

Mr Khattak said that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led provincial government would never accept any conditional foreign assistance.

“We believe in trade not aid and for this we are ready to provide all kinds of incentives and guarantees to the investors,” the chief minister was quoted by the official statement.

He said that his government invited foreign investors to invest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with all satisfaction, utilising its precious minerals and water for hydel power generation.

The Chinese delegation also included the company’s lab in-charge Lee Engnen, manager Hui, managing director of the project Fahad, and senior mining geologist M. Essa Khan.

The company chief informed the chief minister that services of local mining companies would also be hired, which would give a boost to business activities in the surrounding areas of the processing unit.

Chinese firm to set up metal processing unit in Risalpur - DAWN.COM

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Everything in English from Grade 1.

Thank God they Did so.It was extremely hard for many to directly switch to complete english onwards 11th grade after studying everything in urdu for the first 10 grades

[Toramana]

Look at this hypocrisy. See the video below. In response to a question he says education should be in the mother tongue and that education in English is tantamount to cultural imperialism but now is now making English as language of education in KP in order to deceive people that PTI is doing something and because many of his party members are school businessmen.

Watch from 55:00 minute to 57:00 minute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlcbeoB_hyY

[Shehbaz Khan]

^ I will go for English to be the medium of Education I'm happy with it.

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Skill Development ..KPK govt Sponsors 500 students to the best institutions of the country.

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http://www.dawn.com/news/1087793/rs10bn-oil-gas-uplift-plan-for-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-ready

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited’s Board of Directors on Monday asked the company’s management to submit a detailed business plan for its Rs10 billion agenda.

According to the people privy to the meeting, the KPOGCL BoD asked the company management to submit a proper business plan in the next meeting, which is likely to be held in around two weeks.

“The company has an ambitious roadmap that could turn around Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s economy if it succeeds to implement even 50 per cent of its agenda,” said Zahidullah Shinwari, president of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Mr Shinwari, who is a member of the board, confirmed that the company’s chief executive had been required by the board to come up with a proper business plan in the next meeting.

The company bosses asked for the board’s approval for their Rs10 billion action plan and activities the KPOGCL wanted to undertake over a period of next 18 months, according to sources.

An initiative of the previous ANP-led government, the KPOGCL makes an integral part of the current PTI-led government’s economic roadmap as well in line with its strategy to achieve economic prosperity and job creation in the province.

PTI, the majority party in power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, recently hired a private sector professional with years of work experience in the oil and gas sector as the chief executive officer of KPOGCL.

Accordingly, the company’s board of directors also underwent significant changes following the change of the provincial government.

Some of the leading industrialists belonging to varied industrial backgrounds have been appointed on the Board.

Out of the Rs10 billion development plan put forth by the company for an approval by the board, a considerable part of the funds will be utilised to buy a few rigs, used in drilling for oil and gas, and other heavy machinery to carry out its exploration activities.

However, the board’s chairman, who is the chief executive officer of a private cement factory, asked the management to provide a proper business plan at the board’s next meeting.

In this regard, Mr Shinwari said the board had appreciated the company’s roadmap.

He, however, said the company was in its initial stages as its proper structures had to be put in place, staff to be hired, powers determined, and a proper office had to be set up before it could launch its activities.

“They sound confident to attain the production levels of 500 MMCF gas and 50,000 barrels oil in the next few years,” Mr Shinwari said, adding that the company had made a good start as some of the best available professionals had been taken on its board.

However, according to circles privy to the meeting, the business plan was not the only issue that generated some intense discussion at the board’s meeting.

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IK the Great

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Such steps will help us in Long run

[Badlun]

What a shame that Pashtuns are writing their public messages to other Pashtuns but using Urdu and not Pashto. Why Pashtuns hate their own langauge? Why no body tell them that all these government messages must be in Pashto.

Wina me topuna wahi che dase pakhtana winam che cherta hum pashto ta izat na warkai ...da sharam na marg pakar da

[gadoonwal]

What a shame that Pashtuns are writing their public messages to other Pashtuns but using Urdu and not Pashto. Why Pashtuns hate their own langauge? Why no body tell them that all these government messages must be in Pashto.

Wina me topuna wahi che dase pakhtana winam che cherta hum pashto ta izat na warkai ...da sharam na marg pakar da

badlun sb,
dwee pakhtu pa abaseen lakho karay dah.
pakhtun cherta ham pa pakhtu pukhto wonakra.
yaw qaam chi rokagi awal ye jaba rokagi.
da benangy daa daastanona der wogda dey.
zaka kho waim pakhtunistan pakar dey chi da dwee makh neway washey.

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PESHAWAR: The government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) will increase the number of health workers and vaccinators under the recently approved integrated PC-1 worth Rs22.89 billion, stated a press release issued by the health department on Tuesday.

The decision was taken during the third Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting chaired by K-P Health Services Director General Dr Syed Abdul Waheed Shah at the health department on Monday.

The group also assured that the ‘K-P Protection of Breastfeeding and Young Child Nutrition Bill 2014’ – which was still pending with the law department for vetting – will be passed shortly.

The DG directed to form a sub-committee of TAG, which will meet with the Secretary Law Department to hear the concerns of the department and take appropriate measures to address objections, if any, so that the bill could be enacted immediately.

During the meeting, Lady Health Worker (LHW) Programme Provincial Coordinator Dr Shabina Raza presented details of the PC-1, which aims to integrate Health Service Delivery with special focus on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, LHWs, Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) and Nutrition Services.

She said with the implementation of the scheme, around 80% of the population will have access to primary healthcare services and, in the next four years, the province’s entire population will be immunised.

“We will recruit additional 3,600 LHWs, 111 lady health supervisors, 272 community midwives, 500 vaccinators and 294 technical officers at district and provincial levels,” added Shabina.

EPI Deputy Director Dr Janbaz Afridi shared the overall situation of immunisation in the province. “Measles coverage is almost insignificant and polio immunisation is our weakest area,” he said, quoting the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey of 2012-13.

However, he went on to say that improvements have been seen after the recent campaigns. According to the 2013 survey, complete immunisation in K-P reached 54% which was 47% in the 2006-2007 report. “The provincial government is committed to strengthening routine vaccination and eradicating polio.” He added the Sehat ka Insaf campaign aims to do just that.

Nutrition and Reproductive Health Deputy Director Dr Qaisar Ali acknowledged the support of development partners, including Save the Children, for highlighting the issue of malnutrition and making it a priority on the agenda of politicians and lawmakers.

Save the Children Project Manager Dr Aisha Fatima said the programme was providing reproductive health services in five health facilities of Haripur district. “Last year, 24,644 women and children benefited from Save the Children project.”

Sharing his views, Save the Children Advocacy and Campaign Specialist Dr Irshad Danish welcomed the approval of integrated PC-1 by the provincial government. “Its implementation will help improve mother and child healthcare in the province and put K-P on track towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals,” he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 19th, 2014.

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