Accelerated uplift of merged districts govt.'s top priority: CM KP.

PESHAWAR -- Chief Minister (CM) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Mahmood Khan on Monday said accelerated development of the newly merged districts (NMDs) is top priority of both federal and provincial governments.

He made these remarks while addressing a meeting to review progress of the development schemes launched in the merged districts sunder Annual Development Programme (ADP).

A presentation on the so far progress made on the developmental schemes was given in the meeting, initiated in various sectors including Elementary and Secondary Education, Higher Education, Health, Agriculture, Sports and Tourism, Energy and Power, Irrigation and Water Supply etc.

Besides Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and concerned administrative secretaries, the meeting was attended by other relevant high ups.

The chief minister directed the concerned high ups to pay special attention to the timely completion of all developmental schemes initiated in the NMDs under the Accelerated Implementation Plan (AIP) and to take all the necessary steps to this effect.

He said unnecessary delay or negligence in the completion of these projects would not be tolerated, adding that strict actions will be taken against those who did not meet the given time lines for the completion of their tasks.

Stressing the need to further improving pace of progress on these schemes, the Chief Minister directed the quarters concerned to convene separate meetings of all the departments to have a detailed review of the progress on the developmental schemes individually.

Mahmood Khan directed the concerned authorities to fill up all the vacancies lying vacant in the NMDs and to prepare SNEs for the creation of...