A high level meeting regarding foreign funded development Projects was held here on Monday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair.
The meeting reviewed progress so far made on foreign funded development projects being executed in the province and made a number of decisions to further expedite pace of work on the projects and to remove hurdles in the implementation of certain projects.
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Umar Ayub and other concerned Federal Authorities also attended the meeting via video link whereas Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, Principal Secretary to CM Amjid Ali Khan, Administrative Secretaries of concerned departments and other relevant high ups of the provincial government were present in the meeting.
Briefing about the foreign funded development projects in the province, it was informed that a total of 60 development projects worth Rs. 687 Billion were in progress in the province including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project worth Rs. 97 Billion, KP Hydro Power Project worth Rs. 42 Billion, KP Reconstruction Program worth Rs. 9.5 Billion, KP Integrated Tourism Project worth Rs. 14 Billion, Khyber Pass Economic Corridor worth Rs. 11 Billion and other important projects.
