South Waziristan split into two districts

Cabinet okays recruitment against vacant posts in NMDs

PESHAWAR:

The provincial cabinet on Tuesday approved dividing South Waziristan tribal district into Upper and Lower South Waziristan districts.

While chairing a meeting of the provincial cabinet Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has also ordered filling of all vacant posts in public sectors in the merged districts to strengthen government offices.

He also directed the provincial ministers and administrative secretaries to review progress of work on the ongoing development projects in their respective sectors on a monthly basis and submit report to him on the utilization of funds. CM ordered that the development schemes, which have been included in the current ADP and not yet approved from the relevant forum, must be approved till June this year.

He further directed that the local government and rural development department should place all the fire brigade vehicles of the TMAs at the disposal of Rescue-1122 within a week.

The meeting was also attended by the chief secretary, senior member board of revenue, additional chief secretary and administrative secretaries of various government departments.

Special Assistant to CM K-P on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, while briefing media persons about the cabinet meeting, said that the cabinet bifurcated South Waziristan into two districts namely South Waziristan Upper and South Waziristan Lower.

The Upper Waziristan will consist of Shawal, Ladha, Makin, Tayyarzai, Sarokai and Shakaee with Speenkai Rakhzai as its headquarters while Lower Waziristan will consist of Wanna, Shakai, Loi Khwla and Barmali with Wana as its headquarters.

He added that the cabinet approved the creation of two new sub-tehsils namely Ahmadzai Wazir and Utmanzai Wazir in sub-division Wazir, Bannu district for better facilitation of the public in terms of service delivery and effective management.

The headquarters of the newly-created sub-tehsils will be Domel and Bakka Khel respectively.

He said the cabinet also approved the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Livestock Sector Development Strategy and 10-year Business Plan to attain the objectives of the K-P Livestock Policy 2018 envisaging improved livestock efficiency and production for the benefit of the livestock producers and consumers. Livestock sector, he said, is one of the vital sectors that cater to the food security and livelihood needs of most of the people especially those living in rural area.

The provincial cabinet, he said, also approved the New Fisheries Act, 2021 to ensure protection, preservation, conservation, regulation and management of the fisheries.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 13^th, 2022.