K-P cabinet members get portfolios
Interim setup creates a three-member committee to resolve issues in FATA merger
KP-Cabinet. PHOTO: EXPRESS
PESHAWAR:
The provincial caretaker government on Tuesday awarded portfolios of various ministries to its recently sworn in members for running the official machinery.
The 10-member Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) cabinet, sworn in last Thursday, saw Akbar Jan Marwat get the portfolio of health and population welfare.
Mohammed Rashid Khan was awarded the portfolio of forest, sports and tourism. Educationist Dr Saira Safdar was awarded the ministry of education — both higher education as well as elementary and secondary education along with the portfolio of religious affairs.
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Similarly, Muqadas Shah has been given the ministry of excise and taxation, revenue and labour, while, Abdul Rauf Khan has been made the minister of finance, planning and development, local government, inter-provincial coordination and housing.
Mohammed Sanaullah Khan has been handed the ministry of mines and minerals and technical education, while, Zafar Iqbal Bangash has been made minister for information and information technology (IT).
Anwarul Haq has been handed the charge of agriculture, livestock and food, while, Fazal Elahi has been handed the challenge of energy department and public health engineering.
Justice retired Asadullah Khan Chamkani will serve as the minister for law in the caretaker set-up.
The cabinet, which met at the civil secretariat in Peshawar under the chairmanship of Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (retired) Dost Muhammad Khan, also decided to form a committee of the cabinet to cope with the challenges associated with the newly merged tribal areas with the province.
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The task force would be headed by the chief minister himself and would comprise two ministers and the additional chief secretary of the federally administered tribal areas (Fata). It will focus on the comprehension of problems, the identification of legal anomalies emerging out of the merger and finding a suitable solution for the smooth transition in the backdrop of the merger.
The mainstreaming of the tribal areas is the ultimate goal of the committee as it also tackles the financial and administrative issues while building the confidence of the tribes, read a statement issued by the chief minister house after the meeting.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2018.
The provincial caretaker government on Tuesday awarded portfolios of various ministries to its recently sworn in members for running the official machinery.
The 10-member Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) cabinet, sworn in last Thursday, saw Akbar Jan Marwat get the portfolio of health and population welfare.
Mohammed Rashid Khan was awarded the portfolio of forest, sports and tourism. Educationist Dr Saira Safdar was awarded the ministry of education — both higher education as well as elementary and secondary education along with the portfolio of religious affairs.
K-P cabinet approves internship policy
Similarly, Muqadas Shah has been given the ministry of excise and taxation, revenue and labour, while, Abdul Rauf Khan has been made the minister of finance, planning and development, local government, inter-provincial coordination and housing.
Mohammed Sanaullah Khan has been handed the ministry of mines and minerals and technical education, while, Zafar Iqbal Bangash has been made minister for information and information technology (IT).
Anwarul Haq has been handed the charge of agriculture, livestock and food, while, Fazal Elahi has been handed the challenge of energy department and public health engineering.
Justice retired Asadullah Khan Chamkani will serve as the minister for law in the caretaker set-up.
The cabinet, which met at the civil secretariat in Peshawar under the chairmanship of Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (retired) Dost Muhammad Khan, also decided to form a committee of the cabinet to cope with the challenges associated with the newly merged tribal areas with the province.
Election preparations: Provincial cabinet to be assigned portfolios soon
The task force would be headed by the chief minister himself and would comprise two ministers and the additional chief secretary of the federally administered tribal areas (Fata). It will focus on the comprehension of problems, the identification of legal anomalies emerging out of the merger and finding a suitable solution for the smooth transition in the backdrop of the merger.
The mainstreaming of the tribal areas is the ultimate goal of the committee as it also tackles the financial and administrative issues while building the confidence of the tribes, read a statement issued by the chief minister house after the meeting.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2018.