Peshawar - In order to run administrative affairs in an efficient manner and to facilitate the public at optimum level, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Wednesday agreed in principle to the proposal of creating new tehsils and sub-divisions in district Abbottabad and directed the quarters concerned to complete home work in consultation with the elected representatives of the district and come up with final recommendations to this effect.   

Presiding over a meeting with the parliamentarians of Hazara region to review progress on development projects, the Chief Minister also directed the concerned quarter to present progress report on announcements made during his visits to various districts of Hazara region. The Chief Minister has constituted a committee headed by Commissioner Hazara to come up with a way forward for the completion of incomplete projects under ERRA and PERRA in Hazara region.  

Besides Speaker Provincial Assembly Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani, KP cabinet members Qalander Lodhi, Akbar Ayub, Ahmad Hussain Shah, Taj Muhammad Trend, other members of provincial assembly from Hazara region, administrative secretaries of concerned departments, Commissioner Hazara and other higher authorities attended the meeting.  

In order to strengthen police in Hazara region, the Chief Minister directed the concerned authorities to speed up recruitment process against the already sanctioned posts for certain districts of the region, and to prepare SNEs for creation of new posts of police personnel for rest of the districts. The meeting was given a detailed briefing about the implementation status on decisions taken in the last meeting held under the chair of Chief Minister regarding development projects and public issues of Hazara region.  

The forum was informed that a total of 34 major decisions were taken and directives were issued regarding progress on uplift schemes and redressal of public issues in the last meeting out of which 12 decisions had been implemented completely so far, implementation on 16 of the decisions were on target whereas implementation on some of the decisions were delayed.  

The Chief Minister directed to issue red letters to the concerned departments for delay in implementation of those decisions and said that ultimate purpose of region wise meetings was to ensure timely completion of development projects which would not be compromised at any cost.  

The meeting was informed that as per the directives issued in the last meeting, Section-144 had been imposed to stop deforestation on Shimla Hill Abbottabad, a summary for upgradation of DHQ Hospital Abbottabad from Category-D to Category-A had been moved for the approval of the competent authority and a project worth Rs42.18 million had also been prepared to improve drainage system from Ayub Medical Complex to Fowara Chowk in Abbottabad. 

The forum was informed that a summary regarding outsourcing of Category-D Hospital Boi Abbottabad was submitted to the relevant forum for further process while six medical officers had been posted to various hospitals of Abbottabad district.  

Moreover, three medical officers were recently posted to District Headquarter Hospital Battagram while specialist doctors would be posted as they were appointed after recommendations from Public Service Commission. It was told that a scheme for the establishment of Polytechnic School in Battagram was included in the current annual development programme, and a survey for the upgradation of transformers and transmission lines in snow bound areas of Battagram was also underway. 

The Chief Minister directed the relevant quarters to provide required funds within ten days for the completion of Galiyat by-pass road project. The meeting was briefed that 608 and 707 positions of police had been approved to strengthen police department in Lower Kohistan and Kolai Palas districts respectively.  

Mahmood Khan directed the authorities concerned to focus special attention on the establishment of proposed medical college in Mansehra in the already available building and submit final proposals to this effect. The meeting was further told that Girls Degree College in Oghi was established whereas classes would be commenced from the coming academic year adding that a substantial progress had been made on the establishment of Girls’ Degree College Utter Sheesha and classes would be commenced in the college from forthcoming academic year.