Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday told the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar that his government's performance in the province would reap results in two years. He made these remarks after the chief justice directed him to appear in the court, while hearing issues of public welfare at the Peshawar registry of the apex court.
A three-member bench, which included Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Umar Ata Bandial, was hearing several cases including those of the province's hospitals, educational institutes, private medical colleges and lack of clean drinking water for the masses. As the hearing went underway, the bench inquired into the supply of clean drinking water to the province's people and sought a report on the disposal of hospital waste.
The bench also sought a report on the provision of basic facilities at schools, fee structure at private medical colleges and production of electricity and loadshedding in the province. KP Inspector General of Police (IGP) Salahuddin Mehsud appeared before the court after being summoned and informed the court that 3,000 police personnel are deployed for the protection of non-essential officials in the province. The court ordered the provincial police chief to withdraw security from all unauthorized officials by midnight tonight.
Earlier, when the IG appeared before the bench, the chief justice remarked that he has heard a lot about Mehsud, adding that the province witnessed a lot of bloodshed inn the fight against terrorism The CJP expressed dissatisfaction with state of Al Razi Medical College and ordered the Federal Investigation Agency to seize the records of Al Razi Medical College for taking high fees from students under various heads.