First ever in history of ex-Fata, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) cabinet meeting presided over by KP Chief Minister, Mehmood Khan was held in jirga hall Landi Kotal on Thursday. The meeting was held in tribal district on the special directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan that was attended by provincial ministers, chief secretary and head of departments participated in the moot. As per the KP establishment department 16 points agenda had been compiled for the historical meeting.
Later on briefing to the media, provincial information minister Shaukat Yousafzai said for the first time ever in history provincial cabinet meeting was held in merged tribal distract in which all important points were discussed thoroughly, especially in connection of ex-tribal belt. He further said that time line had been formulated for better function of educational .instantiations of ex-tribal districts adding it was decided to resume destroyed railway track from Peshawar to Torkham.
The information minister informed that health policy was also approved in the cabinet meeting and plan had been chalked out to enhance tourism. Three percent share in the NFC Award will be provided to the tribal districts in the coming budget, Yousafzai maintained. He said that the cabinet decided to make effective legislation to halt money laundering in the province. Procedure was okayed for recruitment of 17,000 employees in the meeting, he added, saying committee was compiled to safeguard rights of miners and labours in the province. Solarization of 300 mosques would be made in near future, he said.
Prior to it, high security measures had been adopted in Landi Kotal on the eve of the cabinet meeting and extra-security personnel of Khasadar, Levies, Frontier and Frontier Constabulary were deployed on Pak-Afghan Highway and all other important points to avoid any untoward incident, the administration official said. Scores of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI)local workers received the cabinet member warmly at Charwazgai check point and expressed their amusement on finding of their provincial leadership among themselves.
Separately, the local journalists were barred of the coverage of the important event who recorded their protest against it. On the other hand, Jamiat Ullema-e-Islam Fazal Rehman district Khyber chapter postponed their protest.