Daily Times

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minster Mehmood Khan has said that physical look of merged tribal districts would be changed by establishing mega development projects in the next five years.

He said that corruption will be discouraged at every level in society and merit culture be developed.

He said the government fulfilled its promises, as Khasadar force has been merged with police and health cards introduced in merged districts.

He said this during his visit to Landi Kotal while addressing the inauguration of first sitting with the masses in connection with the public access campaign here in tehsil guesthouse residency lawn Jirga on Friday.

Scores of tribal elders, representative of various political parties, youths, traders, students, parliamentarians, administration officials, media persons and others were among the participants of the gathering.

He said that the campaign was initiated in the merged districts to informed the residents of that areas that the incumbent government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI)under the dynamic leadership of the Prime Minister Imran Khan was determined to facilitate them at their door steps and to set up development schemes with consent of the locals.

“Being first CM of the ex-tribal region, I keenly interested to build such kind of progress schemes there so that the tribesmen remember the sincere efforts of PTI government”, CM said.

As the ex-tribal agencies had been neglected since long therefore in every department start would be taken from zero, he added and saying in coming five years the merged districts would be brought equal to other developed areas of the country by developing health, education, employment, trade, sanitation, solarization, etc.

The CM maintained that PM Imran Khan materialised his promise made with tribesmen by allocating and providing Rs 83 billion annually to the merged districts that will be spent on the uplift of the dwellers of that area. However he urged the people to join him by halting every kind of corruption while setting up the development projects.

He added that from tomorrow the public access drive with intention to value the miseries of masses would be begun in all districts so that to shape the development schemes as per demand of the people.

CM Mehmood Khan asked the participants that in case of need they could lodge their complaints, in complaint cell, established for the purpose or through parliamentarians convoyed him their complaints.

Representatives of various sections of the society apprised the CM of their problems being faced by them.

On demand of the heirs of martyrs, the CM announced resuming of martyr package for the children of the deceased. Besides, Rs 2 million each grant was also given to the local press club of merged districts.