Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed the relevant authorities to complete the process of land acquisition for Cadet College in Upper Dir as soon as possible so that physical work on the project could be started well in time.
He issued these directives while chairing a meeting to review progress on development schemes of Dir, said an official handout issued here on Saturday. Concerned administrative secretaries, senior officials of Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority and others attended the meeting.
He also directed the high ups of Communications and works department to take concrete steps to complete the construction of Chakdara Bypass Road by June this year and said that the provincial government would provide all the required funds for this purpose on priority basis.
While briefing the meeting about the progress on development projects, it was informed that PC-1 costing Rs. 6.9 billion had been prepared for the construction of 44 km road from Patrak to Thal Kumrat in Upper Dir. Similarly, land acquisition process for construction of Talash Kalpanai Bypass Road in Lower Dir was completed.
On the other hand Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan stated that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government enjoyed public and parliamentary support in the province and no-confidence motion of the opposition would be defeated.
In a reaction to the statement of opposition regarding no-confidence motion against the government, the chief minister said that PTI was united under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The chief minister said that the popularity of PTI and Prime Minister Imran Khan has increased manifold.
Mahmood Khan was of the opinion that Prime Minister Imran Khan has brought the politics of opposition to an end and today they were frightened and making efforts to save their face.
