Peshawar:
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa cabinet in his 34 meeting held Friday under the presidency of Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, approved a number of development initiatives and administrative reforms aimed at strengthening the infrastructure, health service, supplying public service and pension management throughout the province.
One of the most important decisions included the approval of the purchase of 50 additional diesel hybrid buses for the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system at a price of RS3.2 billion.
This step comes in response to the growing public demand and recent expansion of BRT routes from six to eight, including new routes DR-11, DR-13 and DR-14. With this addition, the BRT fleet will grow beyond the current 244 buses, which improves the service frequency and coverage.
The cabinet also approved the merger of four ADP schedule campuses on the “Zamungkor” Model Institute for State Children in SWAT, DI Khan, Abbottabad and Peshawar Girls Campus on the most important Peshawar-based autonomous organ. The merger aims to streamline operations and improve the care of over 1,000 children currently enrolled across the facilities.
In a significant financial reform, the cabinet approved Pak Qatar Asset Management as the 13th asset management company under Contributory Provident (CP) Fund’s rules 2022. SECP-registered companies.
The cabinet adopted several legal changes, including audits of KP Right to Public Services ACT, 2014. The updates are aiming to improve e-governance, coordination and public accountability while introducing regulations for marginalized societies. Changes were also made to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Public Private Partnership Rules 2021, reducing the bidder’s response time from 60 to 30 days to speed up project delivery.
Improvements in the health sector were also prioritized, as the cabinet approved improved financing for several ongoing projects. These include an increase in the cost of Balakot’s Category-C hospital from RS575 million to RS924,596 million, conversion of 50 rural health centers to 24/7 facilities (RS1.7 billion) and upgrading of 200 basic health units to the clock was also a subsidy of RS346 million sanctioned for modern equipment. Cardiology.
The cabinet also approved a non-ADP scheme to a value of RS124 million Haripur.
Further awards included RS1.5 billion for transformer repair, RS1,041 billion to run PESCO fees and RS400 million to maintain the irrigation sector. The cabinet lifted a vehicle purchasing vehicle to allow two official vehicles to district and sessions judges in Mohmand and Khyber and approved outsourcing of tobacco collection (excluding factories).
The cabinet also sanctioned the employment of legal adviser to an anti-narcotics case in the Supreme Court and underwent soil utilization and timber trading mechanisms in Upper Kohistan and Chitral.
