Staff Reporter Peshawar
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan while taking stern notice of unnecessary delay in the issuance of NOCs for private sector investment including the construction of high rise buildings, has directed the concerned quarters for visible steps to ensure the issuance of such NOCs within the given timelines as prescribed in the relevant rules/by-laws and to extend maximum facilitation to private investors to encourage them for maximum investment in the province.
He has said that the provincial government had promulgated laws and put in place regularity regime for attracting maximum private sector investment adding that implementation of those laws in letter and spirit is the foremost responsibility of the concerned departments and entities.
He has warned that in case of any negligence, or any unnecessary hurdle for private investment, the responsible ones would be taken to task and no one would be spared.
He was chairing a meeting of Local Government and Rural Development Department held here on Monday.
Besides Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Dr. Kazim Niaz and Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, Administrative Secretaries of concerned departments, Commissioner Peshawar, Director General Peshawar Development Authority and other senior officials also attended the meeting.
Expressing serious concerns on the performance of tehsil municipal Administrations and other subordinate entities of the local government department regarding the issuance of NOCs for commercial buildings; the chief minister said that hurdles were being created instead of facilitation for private investors at lower level which cannot be tolerated.
He termed ease of doing business and maximum facilitation to the investors as an integral part of his government vision to attract private investment and said that all the concerned departments and entities will have to ensure implementation of government’s vision.
Mahmood Khan maintained that the provincial government has made effective legislations to attract private sector investment with the aim to create maximum job opportunities for the people which are only possible when the investors are encouraged with maximum facilitation.
He made it clear that the relevant departments and entities are required to ensure cent percent implementation of those laws and rules to achieve the purpose for which they are meant adding that otherwise strict action would be initiated against the responsible ones.
