PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak Tuesday made it clear that Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) came to power in the province with an agenda for change and would not a budge an inch from giving practical shape to its agenda of eliminating corruption from the government departments in 90 days, and other irregularities.
Addressing second meeting of the provincial cabinet here, the Chief Minister told the officials of the departments that he would not accept any negligence and lethargy that obstruct the government's plan of bringing radical reforms in the social sectors development.
"We came to power with an agenda for change" adding he did nothing in last one month accept giving practical shape to the agenda and issuing guidelines to the respective authorities besides setting priorities and targets to be achieved.
The Chief Minister expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of implementation on his directive he issued to the departments in last one month and said that we have to clear the dirt of last 65 years and there would be no compromise on it whatsoever.
He called for representation of the elected representatives and technocrats at the national and provincial level working groups so that the process of reforms could be taken forward with mutual consent. He maintained the PTI and his allies in the government were on same page with regard to elimination of corruption, social evils and ensuring good governance.
He said that from next academic session uniform syllabus system would be introduced in the schools to end the class system in the education. Teachers would be properly trained in this regard and its effects would start appearing in coming eight to ten years, he told the cabinet members. We are bringing a system in the education department where teachers would not be transferred like the private schools. The teachers once inducted in the school would be retired from the same school and those showing good results would be promoted.
Khattak maintained that there would be no politicking on the transfer of teachers as it involved future of the nation. About improvement in the health sector, he said a committee has been assigned the task to make recommendations by July 15 next to ensure provision of medicines in the hospitals, presence of doctors on duty, cleanliness in the health facilities. He said rupees one billion has been allocated for making emergency facilities a model in the hospitals.
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