Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engr Iqbal Zafar Jhagra took oath as a Chief Scouts KP on Friday here at Governor's House, Peshawar. Chief Commissioner Pakistan Boys Scouts Association, Speaker Balochistan Assembly Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani administered the oath.
Addressing the ceremony, Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra said that Pakistan Scouts have rendered innumerable services for the country and fulfilled their responsibility during the time of every calamity adding that this is the passion on the basis of which founder of Pakistan Qauid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah accepted the leadership of Scouts movement. He said that although he realised the global dimensions of the problems "we have to handle them effectively and put our nation on the path of progress and prosperity." Referring to the problems faced by the Scouts movement in the province, the governor said that efforts would be made to provide sufficient resources to equip the movement with adequate facilities. The ceremony was also addressed by Chief Commissioner Pakistan Boys Scouts Association, Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani, Speaker Balochistan Assembly, Provincial Scouts Commissioner Muhammad Rafique Khattak and General Secretary Imtiaz Khan.