Peshawar: KP Minister for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Akbar Ayub Khan on Thursday asserted that joint efforts were being made for holding local government elections in KP adding that both the federal and provincial governments were on the same page on all such issues for the 1st time in the history.
He further said that the biggest issue of Haripur district was drinking water other than health and education, especially in the rural areas and his government has chalked out a brisk plan alike urban development to resolve this issue for good.
Talking to local elders during his visit to far flung areas of the district along with Federal Minister for Economic Affiars Omar Ayub Khan, he said PTI government was ensuring provision of drinking water to urban and rural areas on priority basis, without any discrimination. He said that as per the Clean and Green Pakistan vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan and on the special directives of Chief Minister KP Mahmood Khan, the Haripur district is being made green while the rural areas are being brought at par with urban areas by providing all civic facilities including the education and health facilities.
He said Haripur is the gateway of Hazara division and measures are being taken to bring this backward district at par with other developed areas of the province, adding that for the purpose all the MNAs, MPAs and DDAC chairman visit this district from time to time to ascertain the areas of quality development works here.