PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to expedite recruitment process of lecturers through the KP Public Service Commission to meet the shortage of teaching staff in public sector colleges.

He issued these directives while chairing a meeting of the provincial cabinet held at the Civil Secretariat here.

The meeting besides cabinet members was also attended by the chief secretary, additional chief secretary, senior member board of revenue and the administrative secretaries of various government departments.

Speaking on the occasion, Mahmood Khan said that a mechanism should also be devised to appoint teaching staff on temporary basis, and directed making the newly-established government colleges functional without delay. He also directed that full funds should be released for construction of roads and completing other ongoing development projects in the merged districts to complete the public welfare-oriented schemes within the stipulated time.

The chief minister directed the relevant department to immediately implement the decisions regarding increasing the minimum monthly wage up to Rs26,000 and warned that no leniency would be tolerated in that regard.

The cabinet also approved appointment of Syeda Rabia Sultana as independent director in the Water and Sanitation Services Company (WSSC), Abbottabad.

The provincial cabinet also approved name of Mohammad Rehan Yousaf for appointment as chief executive officer, WSSC Abbottabad.

The cabinet also granted approval to transfer of eight kanals and 10 marla of state land situated in Kalaya area of the Orakzai district to the home and tribal affairs department for establishing offices of the district police officer, the Counter-Terrorism Department and the police’s special branch. It also directed that two kanals of state land located in the works and communication colony in Batkhela tehsil of the Malakand district should be used to build a Rescue Service 1122 station.

The cabinet also gave approval to availing project readiness financing (PRF) loan from the Asian Development Bank for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Water Resources Development Project, handing over of C&W rest house in Naran to Kaghan Development Authority and Shagai rest house in Saidu Sharif to Upper Swat Development Authority. It also gave approval to amend the law to revise tender rates of tobacco recovery cess.

Published in Dawn, July 20th, 2022