Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has directed to regularise the affairs of non-custom paid (NCP) vehicles, smuggling and theft of vehicles, illegal business of spare parts and cut automobiles as well as checking the threats of crimes, law and order and other problems and issues emanated because of it.
Opposing levy of any tax on the people of Malakand, he asked the divisional, district, police administration, excise and taxations and customs departments to evolve stringent modus operandi in this regard so that the people are benefited on one hand while no ugly situation crop up on the other hand.
He was chairing a high-level meeting at CM Secretariat Peshawar to review law and order situation in the province. He also discussed the problems being created due to non-custom paid vehicles in remote part of the province wherein necessary decisions were taken. Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation Mian Jamsheduddin Kakakhel, Chief Secretary Amjad Ali Khan, Inspector General Police Nasir Khan, Durrani, Secretary Home Syed Akhtar Ali Shah, Secretary Excise and Taxation Dr Raheel Ahmad Siddique, Secretary Law Muhammad Arfeen Khan, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Muhammad Ishfaq Khan, divisional commissioners, customs officials and other authorities concerned attended the meeting.
The meeting after detailed review of the situation decided that instead of temporary registering non-custom paid vehicles at police stations of related union councils would be permitted by the district administration concerned in collaboration with excise department that would be restricted to the division concerned only. It was agreed that such step would reduce possibilities of crimes and terror incidents to a great extent. It was also decided to fix reward money for whistle blowers who help in identifying the stolen and smuggled vehicles.
It was also decided to vacate the Bannu Sports Stadium for sports activities and tournaments while the matters of IDPs and distribution of ration be shifted to the already vacant building and grounds of Bannu Airport. The chief minister made it clear that IDPs were our esteemed guests and the recent untoward incidents occurred during distribution of ration among Wazirstan affected people have made us upset and gloomy. Hence he said it was pre-requisite to make better arrangements for facilitating them. He agreed with IG Police that jawans be recruited amongst IDPs to manage their ration distribution and other internal managements in discipline manner after giving them proper training. He said this step would enable our regular police to focus attention on overall law and order in the district and minimise the dangers of breach to peace anywhere.
Pervez Khattak while chairing another meeting of streamlining the affairs of irrigation and mineral development departments decided that mineral development department would be paid compensation amounts of the construction material by the contractors and irrigation department where dams were being constructed.
He said it would increase income of the department and schemes of scientific exploration and exploitation of mineral wealth would be expedited. He regretted that mineral development department was looted in the past in the pretext of mining while precious mineral reservoirs were illicitly stolen. However, he said, such corruption would never be allowed in future while all the resources of the province including mineral wealth would be utilised transparently for well-being of the province and its people.
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