PESHAWAR - Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, has said
that all preparations including delimitations have been completed for
local bodies’ polls and April 30 has been proposed to the Supreme Court
for the purpose.
“Now in light of the directives of the apex court
the provincial government is fully prepared for any date fixed by the
Election Commission of Pakistan,” he added. He was talking to the
delegations of the provincial cabinet of PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and
Insaf Students Federation (ISF), which separately called on him here at
the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.
Progress made on the implementation
of the reforms agenda of the provincial government, preparations
regarding upcoming LG elections, problems of the respective areas,
people welfare-oriented schemes and other matters of mutual interest
were discussed during the meetings.
The delegation of the PTI
provincial cabinet was led by Provincial President Azam Khan Swati while
ISF was led by its Provincial President Sohail Afridi. Those present on
the occasion included Provincial Secretary General PTI Khalid Masood,
Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Higher Education Mushtaq Ghani,
Advisor to CM for Physical Planning Yasin Khan Khalil and Chairman
District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC) Peshawar Ishtiaq Urmar.
The
chief minister said that the provincial government has laid the
foundation of unique local government system which will actually empower
people at grassroots level. He said that under this system, besides
maximum administrative powers, 30 per cent development funds of the
provincial government would also be transferred to local governments
while Punjab and other provinces through copying the old local bodies’
government system have done a mockery and injustice with their people.
Terming LG polls very important for the party and people of KP, the
chief minister stressed on the PTI office-bearers to strictly adhere to
the party discipline not only themselves, but also make it obligatory on
the other workers to deliver to the people in real sense.
The chief
minister said, “Owing to better performance, revolutionary steps and
people-friendly policies of the provincial government, we will not only
win the local bodies’ elections, but will also remain triumphant in next
general elections with thumping majority from the whole country.”
Assuring immediate resolution of the problems highlighted by the
delegations, the chief minister stressed on the provincial cabinet of
PTI and office bearers of ISF to set aside their petty internal
differences and forge unity and discipline in their ranks. He asked the
party office-bearers and workers to make preparations for the
forthcoming local bodies’ polls with a zeal and enthusiasm, activate
party workers and further accelerate mass contact campaign.
The chief
minister further asked the party workers for the resolution of their
internal differences in consultations at party level and refrain from
involving in issues. Similarly they besides taking political allies
along also exhibit full political maturity and learn about their limits.
Regarding complaints about negative attitude of police and patwaris
with the people, the chief minister said that corruption and bribery
have been rooted out to maximum extent in both police stations and
patwar khanas and now steps are being taken for bringing positive change
in their behaviour with the people. He directed the party office
bearers and workers to establish provincial and district level public
complaint cells in consultations and approval of party leadership and
connect it with central cell established in Chief Minister’s Secretariat
to redress the complaints and problems of the people as soon as
possible. He said that in last general elections the people have voted
PTI into power for the sole aim of bringing about positive change and
the accomplishment of this goal will automatically resolve all problems
of the people.
“Change does not mean the change of faces but the
system.... a change in which there is quick dispensation of justice, no
corruption in government departments, no bribery in patwar offices, no
wrong is done to poor in police stations, there is education in schools
and better treatment facilities in hospitals, recruitments, posting and
transfers are made on the basis of merit instead of personal likings and
un-likings and government jobs are not sold for money”; he added. He
said that as Chief Minister, he is supposed to implement the policy of
the party, and the same he would do at all costs whether it pleases
someone or not adding that such a foolproof system is being put in place
in the province in which there will be no political interference and
neither bribery and nor political favour will work rather all the works
will be done purely on the basis of merit while the public exchequer
would be spent on developmental works and public welfare only. Referring
to the reforms introduced in police, the Chief Minister said that for
the first time in the history of the province police had been totally
depoliticized. He revealed that on the pattern of education, health and
other departments, all types of recruitment in police would be made
through National Testing Service to ensure transparency and similarly
reforms were being introduced in all other sectors as well. “I rectified
almost everything in the province and can say with surety that positive
change has been brought about to a great extent and people will feel
optimistic environment in their surroundings with each passing day”,
maintained the Chief Minister.
Khattak said that corruption had been
eradicated at upper level whereas there still noticed incidents of
corruption at lower level. He was not only well aware of that but also
taking effective measures to curb it adding that all those involved in
corrupt practices will not only be exposed but be given exemplary
punishment as well. “We are human beings and as such can commit
mistakes, but we will not do anything wrong deliberately because not
only the media but the party chief Imran Khan, young party workers and
the general public always keep a vigilant eye on the performance of
provincial government”, continued the Chief Minister and urged upon the
party workers to point out the mistakes of the government so that the
same could be rectified well in time.
Pervez Khattak said that unlike
the previous rulers they would neither appoint their blue eyed on
executive posts in government, semi government departments and
autonomous bodies nor there would be any posting/transfers on political
basis rather all such postings and transfers would be made purely on the
basis of merit adding that we will appoint efficient and impartial
officials on higher posts even if they happen to be our opponents.
On
the complaints of ISF delegation about keeping illegal weapons by
certain students groups in some public sector universities specially by
boarder students in hostels, the Chief Minister directed the advisor for
higher education, Mushtaq Ghani, to soon convene a joint meeting of the
management of those universities, police and other relevant quarters to
chalk out a strategy to purge the educational institutions and student
hostels of weapons. He termed such activities in Universities as
intolerable and said that those involved in disturbing the peaceful
environment of educational institutions would be dealt with iron hands.
He urged upon the students of ISF to mainly focus on their students and
side by side play their part to spread the message of the party to every
single household.
The delegates of both the PTI provincial cabinet
and ISF expressed their satisfaction on the measures and efforts of the
provincial government to implement the change agenda and eliminate
corruption and said that due to the revolutionary measures of the
government change had begun to be visible and the public itself
acknowledged the same. The assured their full support to the provincial
government for the implementation of its reform agenda.
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