Fast-track development top priority: KP CM Mahmood Khan

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday said that fast-track development and prosperity of common people was the top priority of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government.

Talking to Members Provincial Assembly (MPAs) at Chief Minister’s House here, he said the provincial government was taking steps to improve law and order and economy of the province.

He said that completion of Peshawar-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway would benefit the southern region, including the merged tribal districts of the province.

“The project will not only promote trade and business activities in the region but will also provide better travel facilities to the people of southern regions,” the chief minister added. He said that due to the sincere efforts of PTI leadership not only Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but the entire country was undergoing a period of transformation and development.

The chief minister said that practical steps were being taken to improve hospitals, schools, roads, communication networks, industry, tourism, energy and power and other infrastructures in all the districts of the province which will ensure the provision of basic services to the people.

“The provincial government introduced several reforms to benefit the people in all the departments of the province,” he added. The chief minister said that the provincial government had laid out a comprehensive plan to promote tourism in the province which would not only improve the economy of the province but will also provide better employment opportunities to the locals.

Mahmood Khan said that sustainable development of underdeveloped districts of the province is our priority, especially the merged tribal districts. The provincial government, he added, was taking steps to raise the living standard of the people of backward areas, to remove their deprivation and to protect their rights.

He said the government was providing free health services, loans to youth, extended provincial departments and courts to merged tribal districts and hundreds of projects under the Quick Impact Programme of the tribal districts were enough proof that they wanted quick and sustainable development of the tribal districts.