PTDC after 18th Amendment: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government voices concern over delay in transferring assets

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has expressed concern over delay in transferring assets of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), in light of 18th constitutional amendments.
"The PTDC had been devolved following the passage of the 18th constitutional amendments to control it full control by the provinces, but the Centre has failed to hand over the whole assets of the corporation, except employees, despite the lapse of several years, said Amjad Afridi, Advisor to Chief Minister on Sports, Culture and Tourism, while speaking at 'Meet the press' program, organized by Sports Writers Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (SWA-KPK) here on Tuesday.
The Advisor vowed the provincial government will get PTDC's control by hook or crook in next two-week. He informed the provincial government would purchase the ancestral home of legendary movie star Dilip Kumar (Mohammad Yousuf Khan) and preserve it as a national heritage site, situated in at Dunga Gali in interior city of Peshawar, where the Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar stayed till the age of 12 before moving to Mumbai with his family.
Flanked by the SWAKP's President Nader Khawaja, general secretary Asim Shiraz and President KhUJ Nisar Mehmood, he informed that work is on to establish full pledge stadiums at each district level, for which, Rs 400million have already been released. Commenting on KP budget 2014-15, the PTI government allocated Rs 1324million for the year 2014-15 for sports and tourism, which is too much to the last year allocation Rs 871million for the same, he said, adding `we want to bring revolution in sports'. A huge share of the allocation would be spent on renovation and rehabilitation of existing grounds, stadiums and other infrastructure in the province.
Approved by the previous ANP-led provincial government, Asfandyar City project would now be called Peshawar Model Town at Ormar Maira locality near Peshawar Motorway interchange would have all sort of standard level facilities, besides an international level sports city or complex would also be built at this new city, Amjad Afridi, who has also served as a provincial housing minister in the ANP's last government said. When asked about ongoing tussle over the president-ship of KPK Olympic Association, he said that his first priority was to get the matter resolved amicably by having meetings with Haji Ghulam Ali and Aqil Shah, who were claiming of being president of the association. The government would accept the one who is legal, he explained. It is true that senior officials of housing department have been arrested by NAB in corruption cases adding those who are involved in corruption would also be apprehended, he concluded.