Municipal services to be offered at CFCs

Citizens could get birth, marriage, death certificates at village council levels

PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa local government and rural development department has decided to establish citizen facilitation centers (CFCs) at the village councils (VCs) and neighborhood councils (NHCs) level across the province including the merged districts.

Under this scheme, apart from birth, marriage and death certificates, all municipal facilities will be available and provided from one place of VC or NHC office as per the one-window operation policy of the provincial government.

In this regard, a joint meeting of local government department and National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) officials was held under the chairmanship of Secretary Local Government and Rural Development Syed Zaheerul Islam Shah, at the local government secretariat Peshawar.

It was decided in the meeting that the facilitation centers would be connected with the database of NADRA relating to the provision of municipal facilities.

The meeting took stock of all matters and issues for early implementation of this scheme in detail and some necessary decisions were also taken.

The secretary revealed that the K-P government has started the process of digitization of all government affairs and services, which is being implemented rapidly and its aim is to ensure the provision of all kinds of facilities and services to the people at their doorsteps.

He said that due to these government initiatives, very soon any citizen will be able to get the services and facilities of the provincial government in the blink of an eye by just using his personal mobile phone and will not have to go through the hassle of going to different government offices for getting his necessary work done.

He said that now the services of local government department and rural development will be available online and all citizens will be able to utilize certifications and other LG services of local government department.

The secretary, however, hoped that the NADRA authorities would cooperate with the local government department in implementing the scheme and plan of setting up CFCs.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 5^th, 2023.