Performance of K-P districts reviewed
The federal cabinet has allowed TCP to import 1.5m tons of wheat on behalf of Passco, Punjab and K-P govts by waiving du-ties and taxes. PHOTO: INP
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash on Wednesday ordered activation of district intelligence committees in order to improve law and order situation in the province.
He chaired a high-level district performance review meeting to evaluate the performance of each district against the key tasks assigned to the district administration through Performance Management and Reforms Unit (PMRU).
The meeting was attended by all commissioners, deputy commissioners and the respective secretaries.
The chief secretary also gave instructions to put in place elaborate arrangements to effectively deal with any emergency amid the heat wave.
The directives regarding the spot checks of health and education facilities, regulatory inspections, action against illegal crush plants and mining, removal of illegal billboards, removal of speed breakers and anti-encroachment drives were issued.
The meeting was also informed about the status of girdawri inspections, computerization of land records, daily auction reports of fruit and vegetable markets and inspections by halal food authority.
The chief secretary ordered the districts administration to put in place more effective measures to eradicate polio from the province.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 19th, 2022.