'K-P-FATA merger akin to unification of East and West Germany'
Jhagra, Wazir say merger of 27 departments was a great challenge
K-P Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra. PHOTO: PTI
PESHAWAR:
The PTI government in yet another baffling claim said that K-P and ex-Fata merger was next to unification of the Germany in post-cold war period.
K-P Finance Minister Taimur Salim Jahgra and K-P Government Spokesman Ajmal Khan Wazir have said that the merger of defunct Fata in K-P was the greatest event of the history in the world after the merger of East and West Germany, an official statement said.
The taking over of the responsibilities of all the 27 departments, the abolition of FATA secretariat and the introduction, enforcement of the comprehensive legal system of the rest of the country and taking up unprecedented development and welfare schemes were made possible by the commitment of PTI particularly the Prime Minister Imran Khan, they said.
Jhagra and Wazir were addressing a press conference at the Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad, said the official handout issued from Peshawar.
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They said that during short span of a few months, the PTI government has introduced the independent monitoring system in education in these merged districts with the help of which absenteeism of teachers has been completely eradicated and now for the first time the students have been facilitated and the standard of education brought on a par with those of other parts of the country.
Merger was a great challenge and a gigantic task but immediately after taking over, the PTI government took it upon itself and within a short span of six months all the 27 departments were merged with the provincial ones, the finance minister and spokesman said.
The merger of the levies force was not a simple task but they were not only taken over but upgraded to the level of modern police and thus the modern police system too introduced there.
The same they said is the case with health department and facilities as the hospitals are monitored on daily basis and wherever any deficiency may be either of doctors, nurses or any other paramedical staff is noticed, it is addressed on urgent basis.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 30th, 2019.
The PTI government in yet another baffling claim said that K-P and ex-Fata merger was next to unification of the Germany in post-cold war period.
K-P Finance Minister Taimur Salim Jahgra and K-P Government Spokesman Ajmal Khan Wazir have said that the merger of defunct Fata in K-P was the greatest event of the history in the world after the merger of East and West Germany, an official statement said.
The taking over of the responsibilities of all the 27 departments, the abolition of FATA secretariat and the introduction, enforcement of the comprehensive legal system of the rest of the country and taking up unprecedented development and welfare schemes were made possible by the commitment of PTI particularly the Prime Minister Imran Khan, they said.
Jhagra and Wazir were addressing a press conference at the Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad, said the official handout issued from Peshawar.
Senate passes FATA-KP merger bill with 71-5 vote
They said that during short span of a few months, the PTI government has introduced the independent monitoring system in education in these merged districts with the help of which absenteeism of teachers has been completely eradicated and now for the first time the students have been facilitated and the standard of education brought on a par with those of other parts of the country.
Merger was a great challenge and a gigantic task but immediately after taking over, the PTI government took it upon itself and within a short span of six months all the 27 departments were merged with the provincial ones, the finance minister and spokesman said.
The merger of the levies force was not a simple task but they were not only taken over but upgraded to the level of modern police and thus the modern police system too introduced there.
The same they said is the case with health department and facilities as the hospitals are monitored on daily basis and wherever any deficiency may be either of doctors, nurses or any other paramedical staff is noticed, it is addressed on urgent basis.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 30th, 2019.