Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, has said that the provincial government has sincere to provision of housing facilities to people. He said while inaugurating computerised draw for allocation of plots in Jirma Housing Scheme, Kohat, in Chief Minister's House on Tuesday. He termed the opening of new public sector housing schemes at different places of the province were testimony to it.
Provincial Minister for Housing Amjad Afridi, Secretary Housing Department Zaki Ullah, Director General Pakhtunkhwa Housing Authority Javed, Director Finance Sharif Ullah and officers of Habib Bank Limited including Taqvim Hassan Karmani, Abdul Muneeb and Farman Qureshi were also present on the occasion. The chief minister was informed about the Jirma Housing Scheme. All basic life needs and facilities will be available to the inhabitants in the housing scheme. The scheme comprises of 300 kanal land containing 5 marla plots numbering 214 and 109 plots measuring 10 marla which were divided between government employees and general public categories.
A total of 3,125 applications were received against total 323 plots. Haider Khan lauded this project of housing department and hope that the scheme will be helpful in overcoming deficiency of modern and quality houses. Meanwhile, the chief minister has approved up gradation of government high school Srai Bala, Talash District Lower Dir to higher secondary level as non ADP scheme and approved 17 posts from 1st April, 2012 including one post each of Principal (BPS-18) and Director Physical Education (BPS-17), 10 posts of Subject Specialist (BPS-17).
The newly created posts included Senior Clerk (BPS-7), Laboratory Assistant (BPS-7) and one post each of Laboratory Attendant (BPS-1), Naib Qasid (BPS-1) and Chowkidar (BPS-1). The step of the government will assure secondary level education facilities to students of the area after metric and they were not be required to cover long distances for getting education.