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08/08/2017

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak directed here today to finalize criterion for the creation of new Tehsils in the province.

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak directed here today to finalize criterion for the creation of new Tehsils in the province. However, he also directed to notify the already approved Tehsil cleared by the provincial cabinet. The criterion for the creation of new Tehsil should be realistic, matching the ground reality as the basic aim behind this was to facilitate the locals in the provision of basic services at local level. He was presiding over a meeting on the creation of new Tehsils throughout the province at Chief Minister Secretariat Peshawar. Provincial Minister Haji Qalandar Lodhi, SMBR, administrative secretaries and others attended. The meeting was briefed about the forward moving on the government directives for the creations of new Tehsils in the province. It was told that the provincial cabinet has already approved 10 new Tehsils that included Tehsil Darband District Mansehra, Tehsil Lora District Abbottabad, Tehsil Gumbat District Kohat, Tehsil Thana and Bezai District Malakand, Tehsil Khan Pur District Haripur, Tehsil Darosh District Chitral, Tehsil Bafa and Kuki etc. A summary has been moved in this regard while the criterion for the creation of new Tehsil was in the process. The Chief Minister directed to finalize the criterion for the creation of new Tehsil and notify it clearing all the codal formalities and prioritization. It is pro people initiative of the provincial government. Provincial government was spending maximum resources for the efficient services to the people, he added. He said that there were pro people objectives behind the creation of new Tehsils that should be taken care of. He said that the formulation of criterion should be above likes and dislikes and political considerations. It should be a need driven matching the ground realities fulfilling the people needs in a given area. <><><><><><><>