Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Updates

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KPK Chief Minister Mahmood Khan took notice of unnecessary delays in the issuance of NOCs for the construction of high rise buildings and directed authorities to take immediate steps to ensure the issuance of NOCs within the given timelines to extend maximum facilitation to private investors.

He chaired a meeting of the Local Government and Rural Development Department on Monday.

CM Mahmood said the provincial government had promulgated laws and put in place a regularity regime for attracting maximum private sector investment, adding that implementation of laws in letter and spirit was the foremost responsibility of the concerned departments and entities.

He warned that in case of any negligence, or any unnecessary hurdle for private investment, the responsible ones would be taken to task and no one would be spared.

The provincial chief executive further said hurdles were being created instead of facilitation for private investors at lower level which could not be tolerated.

 

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Dinar Cancer Hospital in Dera Ismail Khan started function.

Rescue 1122 Station, Chaprial road phase 1 and Panai to Bedra road phase 2 at Tehsil Matta Swat.

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Hydropower Projects

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Energy and Power Department has completed 8 different Hydropower Projects with a total capacity of 161MW through which Rs3.98bn annual revenue is expected.

Similarly, under the solar project, five different schemes of 3.12MW have been completed which have resulted in an annual saving of Rs86m. Work is also in progress on the construction of other seven hydropower projects with a total capacity of 232MW and 7 solar projects with a total capacity of 43MW as well. These projects are expected to generate annual revenue of Rs9bn and savings of Rs865m, respectively.

This was told in a meeting of the Energy and Power Department held here with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair on Tuesday. Special Assistant to CM for Energy Taj Muhammad Tarand, Secretary Energy Muhammad Zubair, PEDO Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Naeem and other concerned officials attended the meeting.

The forum was briefed about the major achievements and overall performance of the department and was told that so far 8 hydropower projects had been completed in the province that includes 81MW Malakand-III Hydropower Project Dargai, 18MW Hydropower Project Pehur, 1.8MW Shishi Hydropower Project Chitral, 4.2MW Reshun Hydropower Project Chitral, 2.6MW Machai Hydropower Project Mardan, 36.6MW Daral Hydropower Project Swat, 17MW Ranolia Hydropower Project Kohistan and 10 mini micro-projects on Canals.

Similarly, it was informed that 7 Hydropower Projects were under construction in the different parts of the province including 10.2MW Jabori Hydropower Project Mansehra, 11.8MW Karora Hydropower Project Shangla, 40.8MW Koto Hydropower Project Dir Lower, 84MW Mataltan Hydropower Project Swat, 69MW Lawi Hydropower Project Chitral, 10.5MW Chapri Charkhel Hydropower Project Kurrum and 6.5MW Barando Hydropower Project District Torghar. These seven projects would be completed with a total estimated cost of Rs73bn.

The authorities told that an agreement had been signed with the Asian Development Bank for the construction of the 300MW #Balakot Hydropower Project, adding that an agreement had also been inked with the World Bank for the construction of 157MW #Madain Hydropower Project and 88MW #Gabral_Kalam Hydropower Project.

They informed that under the Public-Private Partnership, 188MW Naran and 96MW #Batakundi Hydropower Projects were also under construction whereas feasibility for 496MW Spatgah Hydropower Project was in progress. It was further informed that PCIs of three different projects having the total capacity of 564MW had been prepared, adding that these projects would be reflected in the next Public Sector Development Program.

It was also told that under the first phase of Mini Micro Hydropower Projects, 356 mini-micro Hydropower Projects were being constructed in the different parts of the province out of which 266 projects had been completed and operationalized so far while under the second phase of the project more 672 mini micro-hydropower projects would be constructed in the province. Briefing about the solar projects, the authorities informed that 2323 mosques had been solarized in the province adding that under the project a total of 4000 mosques would be converted to the solar system.

Similarly, 8000 schools were also being solarized in the province out of which the #solarization of 3000 schools had been completed so far. They added that a contract had been awarded for the construction of 13 mini solar grid stations in merged areas, further stating that transmission and grid companies of the province had been established. A 10 years business plan has also been approved for the funding of power projects under the #PEDO whereas the E-Bidding system has been launched by the department.

Expressing his satisfaction over the performance of the energy department, the CM has directed the quarters concerned to prepare a workable operational plan for operating completed mini micro hydel power stations further directing them to ensure participation of the local community for better management of these hydel power stations. He was also directed to immediately initiate work on phase-II of mini-hydropower projects and solar projects as well. He further directed to finalized arrangements to perform groundbreaking of #Balakot_Hydropower_Project and to start work on the construction of solar grid stations in the merged areas without any delay.

 

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Tourists Rescue 1122 station Thandiani under KITE project for facilitation and safety of tourists.

It will be the highest Rescue 1122 station at 9000 ft.

GDA Galiyat, Thandiani .......

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture & Tourism Authority

 

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Pak-Austria Fachhochschule, Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology was established in Haripur under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government. Courses including Food Engineering, Mineral Processing, Pharmaceutical Science, Chemical and Energy Engineering are being offered along with others.

 

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Rashakai Special Economic Zone will generate over 250,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Construction work in reception center, complex building, internal road, boundary wall, drain and other areas is now progressing swiftly.

 

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Dinar Cancer Hospital in Dera Ismail Khan started function

Masha Allah

 

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Before and after images of a garbage dumping site on Ring Road Peshawar,
which is now being converted into a 280 kanal Family Amusement Park by #KhyberPakhtunkhwa Government.

KP Government has converted a garbage dumping site on Ring Road Peshawar into a 280 kanal family amusement park for the people of KP; it will be inaugurated soon.

It will have jogging track, cafeteria, washrooms, sports facilities, play areas and green belt.

 

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LRH becomes first hospital of KP to introduce clinical pharmacy

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October 16, 2021

PESHAWAR: Lady Reading Hospital has introduced clinical pharmacy and e-prescription services to ensure correct dosage of medicines for safety of patients and putting brakes on misuse of drugs and other medical supplies.

It is for the first time in the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that any public sector hospital has introduced such services.

“The hospital has been issuing medicines to admitted people on indent book, issued to patients in wards. Under the new system, the patients get medicines directly from the hospital pharmacy through e-prescription. It has helped us to make proper use of the medicines procured for free provision to people,” LRH Pharmacy Manager Mohammad Amir told Dawn.

The health facility has also started e-prescription

He said that physicians uploaded the details of drugs required by patients through online system that were issued to the relevant wards. He said that under the old system, drugs were issued to the wards that were provided to the patients from there. “The new mechanism has enabled the doctors to get the required quantity of drugs and put brakes on waste of the medicines at the hospital,” he added.

The change has been the outcome of Medical Teaching Institutions Reforms Act, 2015 under which 11 teaching hospitals and affiliated medical colleges have been granted financial and administrative autonomy.

LRH was the first hospital in the province to enforce the law. It has 25 pharmacists now to streamline the pharmaceutical services for the effective care of patients. The hospital had only three pharmacists in 2017.

Dr Amir, who holds a PhD degree from abroad in pharmacy, said that they established main warehouse to supply medicines and other items to the store from where those were issued to the wards on demand.

“We have also established satellite pharmacies in gynea, paeds surgery and accident and emergency department to enable the patients to get the desired medicines promptly. More satellite pharmacies are being established,” he said. He added that all the supplies were made electronically that were recorded in the system and could be checked when needed.

A ‘pharmacy informatics lab’ has also been established to ensure correct use of medicines, its delivery and latest knowledge for the betterment of patients. LRH is the first public sector hospital to upgrade pharmacy services that also include clinical pharmacy under which the pharmacists and physicians discuss use of medicines to patients.

“The physicians at the hospitals also appreciate the clinical pharmacy because under it our colleagues ensure that the patients get right doses of certain drugs and avoidance of complication coming out of combination of drugs,” said Dr Amir.

He said that their clinical pharmacists visited the wards and made interventions with regard to prescriptions. He said that in 98 per cent cases, the physicians agreed and subsequently the most appropriate medication was given to the patients. “In this way, we have stopped duplication of antibiotics and other drugs,” he added.

Pharmacist Azizullah Khan said that they had also setup OPD pharmacy where patients received drugs at eight per cent discount from the market. “The people get right medicines because we purchase drugs in bulk from 30 top pharmaceutical companies, which give us more discounts that are transferred to the patients,” he said.

He said that they also installed cold chain system to keep certain medicines under the required temperature and patients got quality drugs.

Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2021

 

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PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has allocated a fund of Rs.14.5 billion for 115 projects in annual development programme (ADP) of the current financial year under the Sports, Tourism, Culture, Youth Affairs and Archaeology Department.

Out of these projects 106 are ongoing and 9 are new projects. Similarly 77 projects are for settled districts and 29 for newly merged districts. Funds to the tone of Rs.14.5 billion have been allocated in the current year's budget for these projects. This was told in Annual Development Program review meeting of Sports, Culture, and Tourism department, held here Sunday.

Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Amjad Ali Khan, Secretary Tourism, Muhammad Abid Majeed, Director General Sports Asfandyar Khattak and other concerned officials of the department attended the meeting. It was informed that out of the 115 projects, 4 projects are in the sports sector, 34 in tourism, 15 in archaeology, five in culture and six in youth affairs sector. The meeting was told that 33 projects are due for completion with a total cost of Rs. 6.217 billion.

Similarly, 15 high priority projects worth Rs. 37 billion have been identified and Rs. 10 billion has been allocated for them in current budget. Briefing the meeting about establishment of playground in the province, it was informed that work is underway on 76 schemes in different districts of the province out of which 57 have been completed while the remaining 19 will be completed by the end of this financial year.

Similarly, under the Accelerated Implementation Program, a project of Rs. 2.405 billion has been approved for the up-gradation and rehabilitation of existing sports grounds in the newly merged tribal districts while a project for construction of new sports grounds in each of these districts had been approved under which Rs. 750 million had been allocated for each of the merged districts and Rs. 342 million for each of the tribal sub-division (ex FRs).

 

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Malaysian Firm presents Development Plan of 4 Tourist zones in KP. APUDG (AJM Planning and Urban Design Group) is a Malaysian Firm and they have made and presented a development plan on 4 attractive tourism zones in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

This will help the Government of Pakistan’s dream of increasing tourism in Pakistan and showcase its beauty in the world.

The 4 tourism zones included in the master plan for development are Mankial in Swat, Thandiani in Abbottabad, Ganol in Mansehra, and Madaklasht in Lower Chitral.

The master plan for the development of 4 tourism zones includes map-making, local planning, destination management plan, phase-wise infrastructure development, and construction of roads leading to them.

 

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Recently constructed University of Swabi Main Campus.

 

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Prime Minister Imran Khan for the development of New Balakot City as a tourist hub.

The Prime Minister said,” the government wants to develop new tourist resorts in hilly areas for the promotion of tourism in the country.”

“For this purpose, reputed private investors in the field of tourism and hospitality are being attracted to Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model,” he added.

The Prime Minister directed the federal and provincial authorities concerned to take all necessary measures to fully facilitate private investors in this regard.

He further directed the KP government to take over the entire project from ERRA and accomplish it as a tourist resort. The Prime Minister further directed to exclude irrigated land from the project in order to ensure food security in the region.

Earlier, the Prime Minister was briefed that feasibility study on Rs. 19.5 billion project for the development of New Balakot City as a tourist hub on Design-Build-Finance-Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) model has been completed by NESPAK and KPMG

 

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Progress on under construction campus of University of Swat.

 

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Swabi Hospital..