Peshawar based Principal Officer American Consulate Miss Lyn Tracy Thursday informed that her government has started 750 million US dollar programme for executing uplift schemes in NWFP, Fata, AJK, Balochistan and areas close to Pak Afghan border.
She stated this during her meeting with District Nazim Himayatullah Khan Mayar at his office in Mardan on Thursday. Vice Consular Justin Kolbak and other officials of the US Consulate were present on the occasion.
She said, a high level delegation of US which is currently touring Pakistan held meetings with officials of Commerce Ministry in Islamabad and industrialists and traders in Peshawar the other day to devise a strategy for the development of industrial sector of the NWFP. District Nazim Himayatullah Khan Mayar, DCO Syed Mubashir Hussain Shah, DPO Tahir Khan and ACO Syed Fayaz Ali Shah briefed the US diplomats about the performance of the district government, LG system, law and order and ongoing uplift projects in Mardan district.
Education and health sectors topped the priority list of the district government, he said adding the district government in order to provide better facilities in these sectors has introduced sixteen new taxes with the approval of the district council and provincial government. The new taxation enhanced revenue generation of the district by Rs 30 million, he added. The District Nazim complained that his district was ignored in the uplift schemes on political grounds in the past.