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Resolve peoples problems, CS directs officers Sun 24th January 2021 | 12:19 AM Punjab Chief Secretary Jawwad Rafique has said that the provision of relief to the common man, improvement of governance, and public service delivery in the province was the responsibility of government officials and to achieve this goal everyone has to perform his duties diligently and honestly LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Jan, 2021 ) :Punjab Chief Secretary Jawwad Rafique has said that the prov...

PESHAWAR: The issues arising out of land acquisition in tribal districts are causing prolonged delays in the construction of government office buildings even two years after the region’s merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sources say. Sources told Dawn that since the funds released for buying land and putting up buildings weren’t being spent, their utilisation by the relevant government departments had slowed down. They said after the extension of laws and government departments to the seven m...

The first six months of the fiscal year 2020-21 saw very slow implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of Bangladesh. Data of the Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) of the Ministry of Planning reveals that during the first six months of the current fiscal year, that is from July to December of 2020, only 23.9 percent has been implemented. This implies

65 mega road schemes being executed in merged districts Peshawar January 13, 2021 PESHAWAR: Under the Accelerated Implementation Programme (AIP), 65 mega schemes in road infrastructure are being executed in the newly-merged districts for which more than Rs 17 billion have been allocated in the current financial year, a meeting of Communication and Works Department was told on Tuesday. Chief Minister Mahmood Khan chaired the meeting which reviewed the progress made so far on the projects regar...

ADP spending drop deepest in 11yrs Star Business Report Star Business Report Development spending has marked its highest drop in absolute terms for the first time in 11 years largely due to the government pulling the brakes on implementation of low priority projects. Behind the scenes, the intent is to contain expenditure in tune with sluggish revenue generation for the Covid-19-induced economic downturn. The expenditure in the first half of fiscal 20...

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has sought Rs310 million from the Punjab government to complete two ongoing road schemes in the city which has been pending for the last three years. A senior RDA official told Dawn that the civic body had started the work on Rs433 million Dry Port Road and Rs233 million Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan Road in 2018 but the work was still incomplete for want of funds. He said the provincial government had released a meager Rs30 million each for the two...

Tunnel boring to help save roads AIIB willing to give loan for underground pipelines replacement LAHORE: Consultancy firms have been shortlisted for Pakistan’s first project to lay underground sewerage lines without digging the roads to save the citizens from problems during the work. The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) will complete the tunnel boring project with the support of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Four international firms have been shortlisted for the consul...

On February 3, 2020, Huoshenshan Hospital, an emergency specialty field hospital covering an area of 34,000 square metres and containing 1,000 beds, opened its doors for the treatment of Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, China. Just 10 days earlier, five road rollers, 33 bulldozers, 95 excavators, 160 dump trucks, 160 management personnel and 240 workers had started working on the hospitals construction site. Halfway across the world, the United States Navys hospital ships "USNS Mercy" and "USNS Comf...

KP CM Mahmood Khan wants preparations finalised to open new economic zones National December 29, 2020 PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Monday directed the Industries Department to complete preparations for the inauguration of two to three new economic zones in January and expedite the work on providing electricity to the local industries at affordable rates. An official handout said he was a chairing a meeting of provincial cabinet here on Monday. Members of the provincial cabinet, ch...

National December 26, 2020 PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has directed the authorities concerned to start homework, including identification of a suitable land, for the establishment of modern hospitals at regional level in Malakand, Hazara and southern districts. The chief minister issued the directives while chairing a meeting regarding the development portfolio and public issues of Malakand region, said a handout. He said the sites of the hospitals should be easily accessible to peop...