PESHAWAR, January 12: In a bid to boost up economic activities in the Newly Merged Districts (NMDs), the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has finalized Economic Development Plan under which 55 schemes in different sectors worth Rs. 16 Billion would be completed in North Waziristan District while 57 schemes worth Rs. 24 Billion in South Waziristan District during the next three years. These projects on completion would promote economic activities in the districts and provide job opportunities to local people. The provincial government has also approved a project worth 7.8 Billion for the beautification of urban areas and bazars in merged districts whereas a master plan to provide clean drinking water to people of these districts is also ready which would formally be approved by the relevant forum next week. Similarly, a strategy is also being devised to provide job opportunities to people by utilizing mineral potential of the merged areas.
This was told in a meeting of Provincial Task Force for Merged Areas held here on Wednesday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair. Besides, Provincial Cabinet Members Taimur Salim Jhagra, Shaukat Yousafzai, Shahram Khan Tarakai, Iqbal Wazir and Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, Corps, Commander Peshawar Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, Chief Secretary Dr. Shahzar Bangash, Inspector General Police Muzzam Jah Ansaari, Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Amjad Ali Khan, Administrative Secretaries of concerned departments and other civil and military high ups attended the meeting.
The forum discussed matters related to development projects, administrative measures, law & order situation and other various matters related to the merged districts with special focus on North & South Waziristan districts. Briefing the participants about the implementation status of decisions taken in the previous meeting of the forum regarding North & South Waziristan, it was informed that in the last meeting a total of 29 public issues were identified in South Waziristan out of which 17 issues had been resolved, 11 issues were on target as per stipulated timelines. Similarly, 27 public issues were identified in North Waziristan out of which 13 issues have been resolved whereas work on 14 issues was in progress. The forum was also informed that all the government offices have been established in merged districts on makeshift arrangements whereas land acquisition was in progress for the construction of government offices there on permanent basis. Besides, a project for the construction of district and tehsil complexes in the NMDs has also been approved. Similarly, the forum was told that a special project has been initiated for land settlement in merged areas adding that PC-Is of two separate projects have been approved to promote tourism in merged areas. The participants were informed that necessary legislation has been completed for the regularization of 3477 project employees of Erstwhile FATA. -PR
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