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28/02/2017

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak on Monday directed for strict financial discipline, judicious utilization of resources and getting the targets on the developmental schemes under the Annual Development Program (ADP).

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak on Monday directed for strict financial discipline, judicious utilization of resources and getting the targets on the developmental schemes under the Annual Development Program (ADP). These are the basic factors that ensure transparency, public welfare and uniform developmental strategy. He said that only 20 percent new development schemes would be included in next Annul Development Program (ADP) while 80 percent on-going would be completed under the program by next year. He was presiding over a meeting on here at Civil Secretariat to review mid-term progress on ADP 2016-17. The meeting was attended by Senior Ministers Sikandar Sherpao, Shehram Taraqai, Inayatullah, provincial ministers Muzaffar Sayed, Shah Farman and Muhammad Atif and Advisor to Chief Minister Akbar Ayub, MPA Mian Khaliq ur Rehman, Chief Secretary Abid Saeed and officials of all provincial departments. The meeting had a detailed review of the Annual Development Program, the utilization of foreign fund in different schemes, the overall progress on ADP schemes, utilization of resources and the target achieved so far in different sectors. The Chief Minister said that the ADP of the provincial government was both of development and welfare nature adding that the provision and spending of resources in a transparent manner and the speedy progress on developmental schemes are the basic prerequisites for achieving the set targets. He appreciated that the international yardsticks were used for the resource utilization for the developmental strategy. It is a challenging task but the progress was appreciable, he added. He directed provision of full funds to all departments for the development schemes and asked departments to utilize these funds on schemes of their own priority. He told the departments that the government would suggest development schemes for next ADP and the departments would only review those schemes. The CM further directed the departments to conduct bidding on agreed amount for hiring of consultants for new schemes. He directed all departments to finalize the amount to be spent on ongoing development schemes by March 31 and directed the return of non-utilized funds in first week of April. The Chief Minister directed department of P&D to hold meeting with all provincial departments for attracting foreign investors especially Chinese investors. He also directed executing body to complete work on parking plaza in Civil Secretariat besides early completion of Judicial Complexes in Swat, Nowshera and Hari Pur. The CM also directed computerization of land record and directed Department of Minerals to take measures to stop illegal mining of mineral resources. He directed to shift the bus terminal from city to Chamkani area and build CPEC Tower on the vacated land. Earlier, the representatives of all KP departments gave a detailed presentation on progress on on-going schemes under ADP 2016-17.