Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has said that Health and Education will be the top priority sectors of the provincial government for the Annual Development Program (ADP) of financial year 2020-21. He has directed the concerned quarters of these departments to give timelines for the completion of all the processes starting from the preparation of PC-1s up to the ground breakings of the new developmental schemes and to ensure the completion of these processes as per the timelines.
The Chief Minister has directed the high ups of health department to take all necessary steps to complete the ongoing developments schemes of health sectors specially the construction of hospital buildings as well as to ensure the availability of the required health staff and medical equipments for the under completion hospitals by the time when these under construction hospitals are ready to be handed over to the health department so that the public could benefit these projects without any delay. He has also directed the concerned quarters to make a workable plan for the regularization of doctors, teachers and other contract employees of the Ex-FATA.
He was chairing a meeting regarding the formulation of ADP for the next financial year held here on Wednesday. The meeting discussed in detailed various proposed projects of these sectors to be included in the next ADP. Besides the concerned provincial ministers and administrative secretaries the meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadar, Principal Secretary to CM Shahab Ali Shah, Secretary P&D Hamayoon Khan and other relevant authorities.
The meeting also reviewed the progress so far made on the completion of the ongoing developmental schemes of these sectors. Regarding the overall utilization of funds released under the current ADP, the meeting was informed so far 78% of the fund has been utilized so far and efforts are being made to ensure maximum utilization of the released funds by the end of this financial year.
The Chief Minister termed the strengthening of health infrastructure in the merged districts as one of the important priority areas of his government and directed the high ups of health department to take necessary steps on priority basis for the timely completion of the upgradation.
