PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister, Pervez Khattak has called upon overseas Pakistanis to extend generous donations for missing facilities in schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa terming it the best 'Jehad' to convert the darkness of illiteracy and ignorance into the light of education.
He was talking to delegations of the overseas Pakistanis and PTI North West UK president Abdul Basit Shah Mashwani here Tuesday.
He said all the details of missing facilities are available on website of Tameer-e-School programme which included class rooms, furniture, boundary walls, toilets, fans, water supply and other basic needs while any philanthropist can accept the responsibility of providing one or more missing facilities in any schools as per affordability.
"All these donations are transparently spent through Parents Teachers Councils (PTCs) while its progress, updates and fresh pictures are regularly uploaded on the website", he added.
The participants of the delegations lauded the concrete steps of KP government for elimination of corruption and change of system as well as the dynamic role of Pervez Khattak in this regard. They told that overseas Pakistanis wanted to see Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a model province in the real context and were also eager to play their due role in its progress and prosperity.
Pervez Khattak said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is replete with enormous natural resources and human talent but the only thing we needed is the best system and sincere leadership. He said we are endearing to change the system and make it foolproof that always guaranteed the prosperity of developed countries.
He said that the basic reason of low literacy and backwardness over here was corruption and class based system of education that has divided the nation in two opposite groups and created the difference of rich and poor among them.
He said that the provincial government has introduced same medium of education system to end class system. Hence, he said, we started the new education system to enable a poor child become best ruler and officer of the future.
Pervez Khattak while thanking the delegation for the invitation to participate as chief guest in the workers conference in UK, said that though he would try but would not be able to proceed abroad due to his busy schedule of engagements here in the province.
He said that there was a scope of investment in hydel and solar energy generation, housing, tourism, mineral exploitation and other sectors and it would be in greater interest of the nation and country if overseas Pakistanis could take benefit of enormous opportunities of investment available here.
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