Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak met parliamentarians and government officials in London during his official visit to the United Kingdom. He was accompanied by Chairman of the CPEC Executive Advisory Committee for the province Ghulam Dastgir, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Muhammad Israr and representative from the British High Commission in Islamabad Susan, said a press release received here Sunday.
Khattak had four meetings during the day including All Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan, Andrew Stephenson MP, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), where Khattak was received by Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Alok Sharma, who offered condolences on recent terrorist attack on police training centre in Quetta.
The chief minister held another meeting at the Department for International Development where he met Rory Stewart, Minister of State for International Development. Later, he visited the Metropolitan Police Command and Control Center where the delegation was briefed about the structure and function of the center along with a tour of the facility to physically see the systems that were in place for monitoring London.
During the meetings, Khattak briefed his interlocutors about the steps taken by the Government of Pakistan and the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in improving the security situation especially in tribal areas and the surrounding vicinity. He updated them on various laws and legislation aimed at efficient public service delivery and talked about provincial police reforms, devolution of power at the local bodies' level, steps taken to improve gender equality in the province; tourism, one window operation for setting up new industry and investment opportunities.
The KP chief minister also briefed about issues relating to the repatriation of Afghan refugees and steps taken by the government to improve border management between Pakistan and Afghanistan. During the meetings, copies of police reform laws and local government regulations in the province along with material for the promotion of tourism were also shared with British parliamentarians and ministers.
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