PESHAWAR, August 30: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak has said his government was going all out to have a check and balance mechanism through a set of legislations in order to ensure open and transparent governance in the province. “The whistle blower law will bring to an end corruption and corrupt practices and make all governance related issues transparent in all spares of public dealings” and would lead to responsiveness for the judicious utilization of public money, he added.
He stated this while presiding over a meeting of the select committee on proposed Whistle Blower Act at the provincial assembly secretariat here Tuesday. The meeting gave final touches to the law to be tabled in the next session of the provincial assembly for enactment.
The meeting was attended by Provincial Senior Minister for LG& RD Inayatullah Khan, Minister for Law Imtiaz Shahid Quershi, MPAs Muhammad Ali Shah, Mehmood Battani, Shaukat Yousfzai, Sardar Idress, Sardar Hussain Babak and Zarin Gul.
The Chief Minister said that Whistle Blower Act was one of the legislation amongst the set of legislations enacted by his government would eliminate all sorts of pilferages in public dealings and the misuse of power and authority by all. He was optimistic that the proposed legislation would eliminate commission and other corrupt practices in the public sector institutions leading to institutional strengthening instead of individual as seen in the past. There will be visible transparency and in case of any malpractices and corruption the government would initiate action against the responsible.
The Chief Minister directed the quarter concerned to finalize mechanism for the enforcement of proposed law after enactment from the provincial assembly. The Chief Minister expressed the hope that the record legislations made by his government would bring about openness and transparency in all spares of public dealings. It would discourage corruption and corrupt practices and the public servant and their representatives would fully focus on the public service.-PR
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