Chief Minister NWFP Akram Khan Durrani has warned that his government would not tolerate delay or laxity of government officials in executing developmental schemes at district level.
"There should be no excuse in the timely completion of developmental schemes when the resources are available and the schemes have been finalised," he said.
He was presiding over a meeting to review the progress of uplift works of Hangu district at the Chief Minister's Secretariat here on Saturday.
Provincial secretary finance Shams-ur-Rehman Shamsi, MNA Hangu Akhoonzada Mohammad Siddiq, MPA Qari Abdullah Bangash, District JUI Amir Mufti Deen Azhar were also present in the meeting.
The meeting was told about the district receipts and expenditures. In PF-42 Hangu, there were 10 schemes that cost Rs 4.9 million under the Tameer-e-Watan Programme (TWP) for the year 2002-03 and in the same period, there were 24 schemes in PF-43 Hangu that were completed with Rs 4.413 million.
Under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP), Phase-I, II, III and special more than 116 million rupees had been allocated for total 264 schemes out of which 32 are ongoing.
The district allocation for the current Annual Development Programme (ADP) was Rs 19.431 million that had been distributed under the laid down formula.
The meeting was told about the schemes in education, health, communication, roads, drinking water, irrigation, sports etc.
Addressing the meeting, the chief minister kept the participants abreast with the aims of the meeting adding that 'we wanted to take the elected representatives on board in decision making and give a clear cut signal to the government officials to implement the government agenda.'
"The government officials should undertake uplift schemes in consultation with the elected representatives because the elected representatives are fully aware of the basic needs of their districts," he said.
The chief minister ordered the suspension of a driver and Head Clerk of the Health Department and ordered a probe against them.
There were complaints about the two of corruption. Durrani said that he has been persuading the donors to initiate public welfare activities in the province.
He is due to visit America where he would sign agreements of billions of rupees for the uplift of the province.
He called upon the elected representatives to be vigilant and monitor the events at district level. "If there is any wrong, it should be brought to the notice of concerned quarters so that prompt remedial action could be taken."
SALE OF LIQUOR: Earlier, addressing a meeting of Kohat district council, the chief minister has expressed his anguish that in some parts of the province some people are still involved in sale of liquor and gambling and warned that stern action will be taken against them.
The chief minister said that he had directed the IGP to take stern action against those who are involved in the sale and purchase of liquor.
Referring to the law and order situation, the chief minister said that the recruitment of 15,000 policemen would improve performance of the police department.
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