CM breaks ground on Kohistan road projects
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Wednesday performed ground breaking of 32-km Kandian Valley Road phase-1 and 75 km long Spotgah Valley Road projects which would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs5.5 billion and Rs8 billion respectively in Upper Kohistan district of K-P.
The chief minister also met more than newly elected local bodies’ representatives and on this occasion more than 200 elected representatives including village council chairmen and councilors announced joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
While expressing their full confidence in the leadership of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and policies of his government, they also pledged full support to PTI in the upcoming general elections.
Addressing the public gathering at Dasu, the chief minister formally welcomed the newcomers to the fold of PTI and said that it was sufficient enough an evidence that the PTI has become the most popular political party in the country, adding that Imran Khan will again become the prime minister of Pakistan with a two third majority.
“Incumbent imported government at center will end very soon" he said, adding that incompetent imported rulers did not have any plan or agenda for the people; they have come into power only to save their wealth obtained through money laundering and other illegal means.
Mahmood Khan said that we will have to get rid of looters for a better future of our coming generations and made it clear that PTI will not let the country to become the colony of America at the hands of looters.
He urged people to come forward and stand with Imran Khan for the real independence of the country.
Touching upon the performance of his government, the chief minister said that the provincial government had laid the strong foundation of local bodies system in the province, adding that his government will devolve full powers to the LG representatives.
He said that his was the only government which was giving significant development funds to its LG institutions.
He maintained that development funds to the tune to the Rs41 billion would be provided to LG in the new fiscal year.
Mahmood Khan also said that his government was taking curative steps for the uniform development of all the districts and to this end a district development plan has been initiated to boost the backward districts of the province.
“Development activities were in full swing in all districts from DI Khan to Chitral,” he observed, saying that he was also fully aware of the issues of Kohistan and provincial government will take steps to resolve these issues on priority basis.
He said that Dasu Hydro Power was a dead project on which PTI government started work. He said that land issues of the local people related to Dasu Hydro Power Project have almost been resolved and assured that local people would be given first priority in the job opportunities under the project.
Provincial Minister Shoukat Yousafzai, Members Provincial Assembly Deedar Khan, Mufti Ubaidur Rahman and Abdul Ghaffar were also present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 16th, 2022.