Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Inter-Provincial Co-ordination (IPC) & Information and Chairman of the Oversight Committee on Implementation of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, Mian Iftikhar Hussein has said approval of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, omission of concurrent legislative list and the resultant provincial autonomy was the big and revolutionary step after the creation of Pakistan which nobody could imagine it in the past.
Member of the Implementation Commission on 18th Constitutional Amendment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Senator Afrasiab Khattak were also present. Secretary IPC, Mushtaq Jadoon, besides, informing the minister about the progress on implementation process of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, also apprised of the decisions of the recently held meeting of IPC Committee. He said that the provincial government did a lot in this regard and the additional responsibilities have been assigned to the departments concerned besides bringing necessary changes in the rules and regulations for the purpose.
The secretary IPC further said that the department has also prepared a separate list of the provinces related amendments of the 18th Constitutional Amendment for the convenience of the government functionaries. Hussein said that approval of the 18th Constitutional Amendment and omission of concurrent list was a silent revolution and it would have positive and lasting impacts on the socio-economic condition of the people of the province. As 18th Constitutional Amendment was first experience after creation of Pakistan, therefore, there might be some deficiencies, which would be tackled with political and democratic sagacity, he added.
The minister continued that unanimity on the issue of 18th Constitutional Amendment by all the political parties was a big achievement and great success of the political leadership of the country. He said that the amendments related to the provinces in the 18th Constitutional Amendment, prepared by the IPC department would be published in a booklet form, as it was an important document. Khattak said that it was the quality of the federal as well as provincial governments that they were making all the decisions with mutual understanding and consultations.