He was chairing a high-level meeting of FATA University at the Governor House in Peshawar on Tuesday. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
Annual allocation of Rs24.5 billion for development during the current year is unprecedented and meant to make it possible, he said while presiding over a meeting on Annual Development Programme (ADP) 2017-18 at Governor House on Monday.
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The chief economist of FATA Secretariat briefed the meeting on ADP.
The governor was informed that 70 per cent of the total allocations were meant for ongoing projects, while 30 per cent for new schemes.
The allocations have been further segregated on the basis of population, area and damaged infrastructure which are defined as 60 per cent; 30 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.
Apart from projects included in ADP, there are schemes under Public Sector Development Programme as well.
The governor expressed satisfaction over the schemes chalked out by political agents after taking parliamentarians into confidence.
However, he desired that consultation process with parliamentarians should be further streamlined and their apprehensions resolved as well. He also desired to maintain transparency while implementing development projects.
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Earlier, Fateha was offered for the eternal peace of departed souls of Maj Jamal and Frontier Corps man, who embraced martyrdom in a suicide attack in Hayatabad.
The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary of Fata, Fida Muhammad Wazir; heads of different departments and organisations engaged in developmental activities besides the respective parliamentarians.
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